• elouboub@kbin.social
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    I can’t help but laugh. Isn’t Phoenix home to some of the most vocal climate change deniers? Must be just local weather as it’s not happening anywhere on the world. Sicily experiences these kinds of temperatures on the reg.

    What do you call those people who remove the filters from their exhausts? Smoke-drivers or something?

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      They can control the exhaust. It’s called “rolling coal.” They do it to me because I have a Prius. I don’t get it. “Haw haw! Yew pay less for gas than us!” Sorry I’m such an evil liberal for doing that?

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        You know why they think that. They believe, truly, that God made the world for man to exploit and use up, and anyone who says otherwise is spouting the Devil’s lies.

        Some will claim to believe that it doesn’t matter one way or the other, that this is the only life we have, and that there’s no point in sacrificing our own joy for the future of others. This apathetic stance is held by many, but it is wielded as a shield and reinforced by those who believe that Earth is just a toy for us to have fun with and break, but won’t say it openly.

        Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, this conflict is a religious one, and anyone who denies that is only enabling the wingnuts destroying this planet.

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          Very well said.

          The attitude you are referring to goes hand-in-hand with Christian Dominionism. It really starts getting scary when you realize how many of the American oligarchs ascribe to this philosophy. Erik Prince and Betsy DeVos are two prominent examples but it’s everywhere in the GOP.

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            Ironically even Betsy DeVos’ own daughter thinks she is a piece of shit. So then the question becomes how long before we reach a critical mass where a large enough percentage of the population or voter base have had enough of this bullshit?

            I think we are just about there really, but the political apathy and hopelessness seem to be keeping pace with the shrinking boomer population. So it is taking longer than it otherwise would to throw out these rat-fuck politicians since so many younger people still aren’t voting.

            Still, I am choosing to remain optimistic because I don’t know a single person born after 1990 that is good with the current political, social, or economic paradigms. The more the right wingers, evangelicals, and corporations fuck with the normies the more extreme that rubber band effect is going to get. Luckily they are too stupid or arrogant to understand this concept apparently, and I for one am looking forward to watching their cognitive dissonance be their downfall.

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            and christian denailism is mostly an american christian things. In other countries there is not a link between Christianity and climate denial

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              Doesn’t it come from the same place, though? At the heart of it is the idea that we have no obligation to the future because our own present comfort is all that matters.

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        Put that way makes it even more hilarious. Look at this dummy that cares about the environment. Carbon footprint? Is that when I stick my size 13 up your namby pamby ass, boy?!