Thread:Ryukama/@comment-26180030-20191121151608/@comment-26180030-20200118122304

"Do you get when people feel fatalistic about doing anything about climate change, and say, “Maybe it’s too late already?”"

Schwarzenegger: "I never go for that kind of an answer, because it’s no different than when you are 85 years old and you say, ‘Well, it’s too late. Why am I going to the gym and working out? Why should I do Pilates? Why should I go and do some exercise, do some cardio work or something?”"

"It may be late, but it’s not too late, because still that person that is 85 can, instead of wiping out at 87, maybe you stretch it to 90. You know, we have a gene that determines when you die, but you can alter that. You can destroy it and set yourself back by drinking a lot, smoking a lot, and eating shitty foods. And then you wipe out earlier. But you can also go and exercise and live a clean life and extend it by five years or 10 years the other way."

"I think it’s just the political will. Do the various different leaders have the political will? Everyone always admires heroes. But when it comes to … stepping up to the plate and becoming a hero yourself, then sometimes people kind of freak out: “What does that mean? I have to make a commitment now. I have to go and fight the oil companies, have to fight the coal companies. I have to fight off this kind of lobbyist out there that is fighting for fossil fuels and having a lot of power. Oh my God. This is overwhelming.”"