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I think it's easy to blame our inaction or weak policy on our political structures. While the American system certainly isn't perfect, we must work within it to
by muspimerol 3y ago
I think it's easy to blame our inaction or weak policy on our political structures. While the American system certainly isn't perfect, we must work within it to address climate change urgently. Concluding that change cannot happen without replacing the system is nearly as bad as just ignoring the issue in the first place. There are plenty of examples of radical change in the American political history (suffrage, civil rights, slavery - although that one caused a war ;-) and that's what we need badly again today.
- anonzzzies 3y agoSure but if the half or more believe this is all bullshit and lies, how?
- voisin 3y agoWell, a lot of that half live in places that have been massively impacted by drought, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other things that are made much worse by climate change. This year is the first year I’ve personally been impacted by wildfires (4000+ hectare fire on the edge of my town), and it made climate change 10x more real for me than it was before, and I was fully on board before! How long can the right stay on the wrong side of history with respect to climate change when they are losing their homes and farms and dealing with one thing after another?
- xethos 3y agoTo butcher a perfectly good quote: It is hard to get a man to understand something when his personality and all of his social connections depend on his not understanding it. In other words, I wouldn't hold my breath.
- deprecative 3y agoConservatives make up ~30% of the population. The so called "independents" fall for Conservative propaganda because that's all of our media and here we are.