Because there is a large cadre of morons on the Right that truly believe that this is just a dress rehearsal… and that the Earth really doesn’t matter. 🤦🏻♂️
For me it is more why is it an issue? Why would you not want to preserve our planet for coming generations? And then WTH is wrong with you is my next question. Grrr
It became a partisan issue when rich men became involved and protection meant they had to curb their greed for what reality says they never will ever possess.
The problem is the adults an’t think beyond themselves. The are not going to be a part of the future so why should they worry about it, or their kids or grandkids. If they could or cared about their kids and the future, they wouldn’t have elected a moron that doesn’t know how to govern.
Easy to answer: In 2010, when the Supreme Court issued its Citizens United opinion.
For years on TwiX, I'd often mention that a huge applause line at Bernie's '15 & '16 primary rallies was "End Citizens United". That was when Scalia's seat was open and Ginsburg had recently had yet another ...
I posted this thread yesterday in which I argued that if Dems make their main theme in '26 & '28 Supreme Court expansion for the very purpose of seeing the reversal of Citizens United - not Dobbs or anything else - they'll win Congress and the WH:
Let’s see…for me it started with Reagan and James Watt, his Interior Dept head. Total joke. But the GOP will always bring up their children and grandchildren…when campaigning.
When the scales were tipped far too far to the money side. We allowed it and didn't demand otherwise from our representatives. That work is yet to be done.
Since we cannot define what "a better place" means, nor have any objective data that helps to clarify different definitions, the issue becomes purely political, and has been that way since the 1970s, and will continue as such indefinitely.
The roots of this can be traced back to the Reagan regime. President Carter was advocating solar energy in the late 70's. Reagan removed the solar panels from the White House in 1981. Recall James Watt from Reagan's EPA ? It's been mostly down hill ever since.
I agree. Biden proved we can help the environment and the working class and the rich still posted record profits. But, we'd rather give money to people that don't need it, and let them destroy the planet so they can make even more. All while deporting poor families that helped us and need us...
Yes. And, IMHO, it's even worse to watch while those who are in marginalized groups virtually exalt and otherwise worship the rich like Musk, etc. Some Muslim, Hispanics, etc., voted for Trump and are now crying because he's nominated people for his cabinet that are anti their causes.
I don't understand how such a large number of people are so gullible to think he wouldn't hurt them. He's been pretty clear that he doesn't care about anybody. You're not buddies just cuz you voted for him. He's already looking into denaturalizing some citizens...
The second we started pandering to the crowd that both hates and demand participation trophies for not understanding the basic science of closed systems
I date it at least as far back as Reagan’s Secretary of the Interior, James Watt, who said we should use up all our natural resources before Jesus returned; that’s what they were there for.
wow. my first thought was the mid-00's, but this reminds me the seeds were planted as far back as the 1950's with William Buckley admonishing people to not 'immanentize the eschaton,' i.e. don't allow socialists to make the world a better place because that's 'playing God.'
I don't know, but it was sometime before it became a tenet of one of the parties that kids deserved to be on puberty blockers & receive sterilizing + mutilating 'care' with irreversible damage because of the natural discomforts of adolescence combined with social influences & medical malpractice. 🤷♂️
Big business has taken control of our country! And the educated and uneducated people have allowed it to happen. They somehow think that they know more than anyone else..
People are disconnected from nature? The core values of greed and power means we must carry on doing today what we did yesterday. People do not wish to beleive the increase in tempertures or storms is anything to do with them, because it means change and this is more frighting.
Believe it or not, conservatives don't want to make the world worse. Both sides of the aisle want to make the world and their country better they just have different ideas on how to go about that.
This is largely true. But there are grifters that seem to really take root within conservative spaces. These may have once been a minority of bad actors, but now they form the conservative leadership, and they've pulled a lot of people into a cult of personality that only cares about themselves.
The felon NEVER mentioned our Children. Has never mentioned about the Future of our Children. He’ll cater to Billionaires. They put him in the WH, again, apparently he bought the position. America is a business to him. To him America is a business not so much a country.
Another important question is why do people feel guns are more important than kids being able to go to school without worrying about some asshole with a gun massacring them
That's exactly how I feel about vaccines. They've been long proven to be safe, effective, and have no long-term effects, but somehow it became a political issue. So many people would have survived the pandemic if not for that.
Exactly. I'm an RN and I work on a medical/surgical unit. I took care of 100's of Covid patients throughout the height of the pandemic and never caught it. I've gotten vaccinated every year that it was available.
Since one party has decided to burn the country to the ground so they can rule over the ashes. The other party tries to save the ecosystem and everything in it. With science.
Last Trump administration betrayed NATO several times and allied with Putin, left the Paris Accord and overturned environmental protections. It was crystal clear.
That's a great question. I suppose there exists both a collective uncertainty and a collective conscience. Sort of like a seesaw. Incessantly verbalized fear and anger generate confusion and uncertainty. Whereas a collective conscience must be nurtured by shared values and loving kindness.
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https://youtu.be/9A93AqWsRnA?si=E-KeCY1X68nxSXht
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/aug/06/the-gop-and-big-oil-cant-escape-blame-for-climate-change-dana-nuccitelli
For years on TwiX, I'd often mention that a huge applause line at Bernie's '15 & '16 primary rallies was "End Citizens United". That was when Scalia's seat was open and Ginsburg had recently had yet another ...
I posted this thread yesterday in which I argued that if Dems make their main theme in '26 & '28 Supreme Court expansion for the very purpose of seeing the reversal of Citizens United - not Dobbs or anything else - they'll win Congress and the WH:
https://bsky.app/profile/beverlymann19.bsky.social/post/3lcjn2lymmc2k
it's the Methods proposed that merit discussion
“We do not inherit the earth from our fathers. We borrow it from our children.”
The Baby Boomers were the first generation to be Brainwashed via TeleVision!
In 1948 less than 1% of American homes had TVs. By 1960 it was nearly 90% & the oldest Boomers were 15.
Among 45- to 64-year-olds, Trump picked up a 10 percentage point lead.
Trump lost ground among senior citizens. He was tied with Harris among seniors.
https://chatgpt.com/share/674751bf-69c4-8012-80df-6a85a0c6f320
Do you think they are worried about trees?
They must have missed this the last term. Coming soon to MAGA everywhere.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-voter-hes-not-hurting-the-people-he-needs-be-hurting-msna1181316
https://labouraffairsmagazine.com/problems-magazine-past-issues/the-mixed-economy-won-the-cold-war/.
It fitted existing religion, though Smith himself despised Christianity.
simple concept
of leaving the
planet a better place
for our kids
Has been replaced
by Elon Musk's
Leave the Planet.
Trump, not so much. Are we the new banana republic?
It’s a cold with a 99.999% survival rate.
The whole thing was a massive scam to peddle rushed mRNA therapy.
I’m unvaccinated and currently surviving my 4th winter of certain death 🤷🏼♂️😂
Who knew healthy living and a few supplements could defeat this world ending plague 😁
The selfish vote Republican.
To a selfish person the notion of giving back in any number of "fear terms" and they will fight it tooth and nail while the world burns.