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I honestly have a deep respect for Europeans for the depth of their commitment to what they believe is right, which is so deep that they are essentially willing to commit suicide in order to remain relatively blameless in the climate change situation that will proceed forward regardless.

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So you're saying, don't even try to do better?

the fact is that any 'good' coming from being alive cannot make up for the 'evil' that it costs if one is arbitrarily strict - the pain and injustice of cows dying to make food, the environment disturbed to ensure sufficient square footage of crop growth, the carbon emissions required to maintain a population above a certain level. In order to stay alive, in the face of an arbitrarily strict moralist, one must defiantly and violently insist on living. Don't do better, do worse.

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