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The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

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[–] ckrius@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yup, the only real revolution is a violent revolution.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Violence is a sometimes (even often) unavoidable byproduct of revolution, not an essential characteristic. Don't confuse the two.

[–] ckrius@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

George Jackson would disagree.

And Michael Jackson would disagree-hee-hee.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 11 points 1 year ago

You know, now that a good portion of people are on Lemmy, it just might be the perfect place to start organizing, whatever you feel that may be...

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ShakyPerception@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, when a government has completely collapsed, after the total collapse of the larger global leading entity; a peaceful revolution that results in something completely new, should be the top option.

But I don’t think we have that much time

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How much time do you think we have?

[–] ShakyPerception@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my personal (very, very amateur) opinion; less than 10 years, where things keep running as "normal"

Humanity is awesome at adapting so I think it'll be a very long time before things become impossible to deal with, but there is going to be a lot of transition and disruption over the next 20+ years

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds like history as usual then.

The thing I’m most worried about would be nuclear weapons, but I’m pretty sure the aliens are preventing that from happening.

Personally I’m most worried about starting a family.

[–] ArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And how the heck do we know that it have any reasonable chance of working out well and that it won't be brutally suppressed or co-opted by reactionaries? And how would anyone even organize such a thing? ~Strawberry

[–] ckrius@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don't have any idea if it will work out or if it'll be snuffed out.

However, the lack of purposeful revolution will result in an aimless one, carried on not with thought and intent, but instead as a reaction to the immseration of the world's people as we bake in and are flooded from our homes and cities.

The only option is to try as the current hegemony will not solve the problems we face for the problems are a direct result of their desired politics in action.

As for organizing one, that's way too long of a conversation to occur here.

So we have no idea if it's even remotely a good idea or if it's likely to leave us in a similar position to before or worse, or how to do it? Great plan. ~Strawberry