No way out? The double-bind in seeking global prosperity alongside mitigated climate change

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6. But on the other hand, what can we expect?

People, including myself to be perfectly honest, are not simply going to voluntarily give up everything they would have to give up right now in order to save the planet. On the one hand, I already live a life of voluntary simplicity, but I'm still far richer and more privileged than most of the rest of the human race. So suppose I really did further reduce my footprint to where the average footprint needs to be to save the planet? What then? Would enough other people follow suit to make a difference? Or would I just be that one crazy hunter-gatherer guy who lives in the cave outside of town?

Frankly, nothing I can do will make a noticeable difference, and there's no way I can convince enough people to follow my example so that it would make a difference. The human race is on a collision course with reality and only reality is in a position to make things change. The laws of physics do not negotiate with humans, nor do they care what we wish were true.

If there were something I could do that would actually make a difference on a global scale, I'd do it. But I can't really think of anything, and most of the rest of the species doesn't really give it any thought. So it looks like the die has been cast and our destiny already written.