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by parasubvert 5016 days ago
The Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years. Nothing is irreparable. It may mean humanity shrinks quite a lot for several thousand years out of its own folly. The Earth will endure.

As for liberty and human rights, I concur with my sibling poster - the world has been getting BETTER with regards to those things the last 30 years, Americans are the ones that have been escalating the crazy lately.