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It's difficult to reliably sort the "it's a myth" believers from the opportunists, the selfish, and the lazy. The US has a president that has routinely support
by sjsdaiuasgdia 1y ago
It's difficult to reliably sort the "it's a myth" believers from the opportunists, the selfish, and the lazy.
The US has a president that has routinely supported the "it's a myth" viewpoint [0], which increases the visibility and credibility of climate change contrarians regardless of their motivations.
[0] https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/trump-clings-to-inaccurate-climate-change-talking-points/ https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/trump-clings-to-inaccurate...
- add-sub-mul-div 1y agoThe most fascinating thing about him is that from day to day and topic to topic he can switch between looking (convincingly) like he's either selling the grift or buying it.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoDon't forget nonzero % of actual bots and sock puppet meatcloud boiler room operations trying to manipulate sentiment / manufacture consent by flooding the zone with trolling, contrariness, and low-effort "opposition".