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Except planting trees would be ineffective. Interestingly, in the house only 13 Democrats and 6 Republicans and only 2 Democrat and 1 independent senators have
by 1letterunixname 3y ago
Except planting trees would be ineffective.
Interestingly, in the house only 13 Democrats and 6 Republicans and only 2 Democrat and 1 independent senators have PhDs. COTUS is largely a collection of minimally-educated, medium-information shills for their donors who know nothing about science or engineering. List of members of COTUS who should be in prison: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2022&ind=e01 https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2022...
- abraxas 3y agoYeah, this is why I call this the bargaining stage. Acceptance will come later.
- aaronsimpson 3y agoThe vast majority of COTUS has at least an undergrad, with more than a few having Ivy League credentials or JDs, making them more educated than 70% of the people in the country from some of the highest tier law schools in the country. I know HN has a bias toward SV, and therefore against non-STEMlords, lawyers, and MBAs, but that’s not “minimally-educated”. Also, it’s probably not donors when the majority of their base is still skeptical of climate science: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/18/for-earth-day-key-facts-about-americans-views-of-climate-change-and-renewable-energy/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/18/for-earth...