It’s not “mere existence” though, is it? It’s the cancerous ideology of endless growth perpetuated by capitalism, the profits of the wealthy few driving us to consume more than we need or want, and both economic and military conflicts driven by greed and nationalism. All of these things are fixable without misanthropically condemning all of humanity.

I know it’s hard sometimes, and believe me, I fall back into the same headspace every now and then. It’s right to get mad, we should be angry about what’s being done to the world and it’s inhabitants, but the blame is not on your neighbor toiling away for minimum wage, nor the growing populations in developing nations, either of which contribute fractions of a fraction to the climate collapse compared to the people who are actively profiting from it.