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> his opponent was objectively worse If he really continues with global warming denial and make real effects based on that idea, I'd like to see who will dare
by acqq 10y ago
> his opponent was objectively worse
If he really continues with global warming denial and make real effects based on that idea, I'd like to see who will dare to say that to his kids. Just this single issue is enough to make the whole difference.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-victory-climate-a0c595572299 https://thinkprogress.org/trump-victory-climate-a0c595572299
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees:_Our_Future_on_a_Hotter_Planet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees:_Our_Future_on_a_H...
That's also the biggest issue that's still not clear in the confused heads of too much US citizens, and where the real action is needed.
Misinformation paid by the oil companies sadly worked. The good proof than even the side that sees other manipulations isn't immune at all.
As one thinker said: "when you look at somebody and hold your head and think how come the other side just doesn't see the facts, there's a simple answer: you're an idiot, and, by the way, the other side is too. People aren't rational. The proof: almost 50-50 opinions, even among the supposedly "smart" people, on some important subject -- how probable is that to be the reflection of the real rational state of the truthfulness of the issue in question. Effectively zero."