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> I think that all these politicians that deny climate change actually do know perfectly well that it's true. They just keep saying it because it turns the mind
by untog 10y ago
> I think that all these politicians that deny climate change actually do know perfectly well that it's true. They just keep saying it because it turns the minds of liberals to emotional mush.
No, I think they say it because climate change is very inconvenient in the short term if you represent a state that depends on fossil fuels, which many do. Why try to solve the unpopular problem when you have leave it for the next representative to deal with in 4/8 years time?
- MaxfordAndSons 10y agoYea this is the main motivator. But there's some truth to gp's theory: many of them undoubtedly love antagonizing liberals by denying their view of reality, all the more so because their denial includes a rejection of hard science, the supposed vanguard discipline of rationality and progress.