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[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

And go where? The whole plateau is just as arid.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is just the start. A billion people on the Indian subcontinent are next. The tropics globally will desertify as the planet warms. Even the increase in migration from Central America to the U.S. is driven by extreme weather and lapses in agricultural productivity. A 2017 study by the World Food Program found that "no food" was the main reason people from Central America sought to emigrate to the U.S.

40% of the world's population - 3 billion people - live in the tropics. A single city is one thing. Where will 3 billion people go?

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I’m glad someone else is on here talking honestly about climate change.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

“no food” was the main reason people from Central America sought to emigrate to the U.S.

No food coupled with political instability and extremely violent criminal groups preventing ability to produce food. Above all, the unwanted US fruit company empires more than a century ago left a legacy of corruption and class conflict in that region.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Yes, and the two are interrelated. Scarcity breeds insecurity, insecurity breeds conflict, and conflict destroys physical and societal infrastructure of production that leads to further scarcity. It becomes a vicious cycle. And indeed I believe you are entirely correct that a long legacy of U.S. neocolonial interventionism has contributed to the instability.

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They can just invade another city.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

They ~~can~~ will just invade another city.