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Sunforged ,

It’s not a culture war issue and God damn I am so tired of NYTimes obfuscation of the truth of the matter.

Climate like so many other issues we currently face is a class war issue. The working class is going to face the fallout of environmental change, while the rich avoid feeling it effects. Mass migration north as the global south becomes unsustainable, food shortages increasing grocery prices, working conditions continuing to become unsafe as AC installation in warehouses and trucks is “cost prohibitive”. None of that will impact the wealthy, it’s exactly WHY they are currently hoarding.

Dups ,
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This guy gets it.

Fredselfish ,
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And building bunkers in places they know will have lesser effects from climate change. They know we are destroying the planet we live on and our ability to live on it and just don’t fucking care and it blows my mind.

whatisallthis ,

Seems like they should be afraid of violent revolution.

tarsn ,

Let me know when the blue collar workers stop licking boots and start actually fighting back

Melkath ,

The proletariat never rises.

Sunforged ,

That’s historically inaccurate but thanks for the input.

Melkath ,

Its a 1984 reference.

whatisallthis ,

Gonna take something that impacts every single person in the country and emboldens them to act. Something like the government taking pornhub and onlyfans away on the same day.

BingoBangoBongo ,

Alabama did lose pornhub and they don’t seem to give a fuck

pgm_01 ,

That's the point of the "culture war" that is currently manifesting as a war against "wokeness." As long as conservatives are distracted into hating LGBTQ and minorities, the working class will be split and will not have the ability to fight against the people truly responsible for the mess we are in.

The indoctrination works exceeding well, too. I have a relative who voted for Al Gore because of his stance on the environment. Fast-forward to now, and she is posting things on Facebook supporting the overall Republican agenda (Not supporting Trump or DeSantis, but still very conservative.) Basically, a bunch of family stuff including prolonged illness and eventual deaths made her a much more unhappy person, and the right-wing propaganda is designed to pick up people like that and bring them into the machine.

Sunforged ,

This article is the flipside, it does nothing to address the true issue and only further drives a wedge to divide. If you start talking about issues both rural and urban voters care about, such as the stratification of wealth, how poor folk are burdened with the biggest tax rate and how a billionare class straight up should not exist, you will actually make inroads with people both liberal and conservative that have been spoon fed propaganda for their entire lives.

Daisyifyoudo , (edited )

it’s exactly WHY they are currently hoarding.

Not true. The hoarding of wealth and resources isn’t purposeful in respect to climate change or any resultant global catastrophe, but simply happenstance. They hoard because greed is sickness.

Eat the Rich

Madison420 ,

Bingo, robber barons in the gilded age did the same shit while owning people at the same time. It’s a power thing not forethought of climate change.

TheMage ,

You are correct about the wealthy but I’ve been pointing out for a while now that the wealthy also won’t have to suffer the massive inconveniences, high energy costs, lifestyle downgrades and all the other negatives of the climate change mitigation nonsense. So they fly around in jets, have mansions everywhere, yachts, helicopters, limousines and whatever else. But I’m supposed to drive a crappy electric car, live in stacked public housing, ride bikes, shut off or have limited AC usage, etc? Yeah, screw them.

This whole climate change thing is not a big seller and regular people arent falling for the BS. The ulterior motives here are strong. It’s about control, mostly.

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