(not my OC nor my OP, just helping spread the message around:-)

  • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 days ago

    A bit sad how pessimistic everyone is.

    Americans are pessimistic because we don’t have a functional democracy and our fascist oligarchs are too stupid to use their resources to fight climate change… And the rest of the world is pessimistic because the world’s most powerful economy and military has fallen to fascist oligarchy.

    Nothing will change until we abolish the billionaires and replace our two party system with a modern multiparty parliamentary system with proportional representation

    • شاهد على إبادة@lemm.ee
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      5 days ago

      USAmericans have a religious attachment to fossil fuels that I can’t understand. “Drill baby drill” isn’t even economically viable and yet has become a call to prayer for many US politicians.

      • Soulg@ani.social
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        5 days ago

        It’s rich people who want to keep being rich without risking going into a different thing.

        Please stop attributing it to everyone, it’s really annoying

        • شاهد على إبادة@lemm.ee
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          5 days ago

          Who is voting for them and why do they win elections if there isn’t a substantial of people who support the idea? “Drill baby drill” isn’t a secret, it is what Republicans have been running on for over a decade.

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            1 day ago

            Just slightly more people (who bother to vote) than who don’t. Doesn’t make it 100%, it’s not rocket science.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Many USAmericans are pessimistic because we were finally taking a medium sized step in the right direction, and somehow half the country thinks that’s a bad thing