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Will this finally wake up the “average” American to the seriousness of climate change and mobilize a wartime effort? I’ll believe it when I see it. But eventually the personal affects have to hit most Americans and wake them up right?

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[–] interolivary 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm Finnish and the areas around the Arctic have been warming 4x faster than eg. continental Europe, and it's immediately obvious that things just aren't the same as they were 20 or let alone 40 years ago, but the majority is still in denial here. Our fresh Minister of Finance and the head of one of our extreme right wing parties has said publicly that she thinks climate scientists are literal Stalinists. At least our new Minister of the Environment actually believes in climate change, which I guess is something.

[–] EthicalAI 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s CRAZY!? Glad to know it’s not just Americans, but if the disinformation is global damn we are doomed.

[–] interolivary 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it seems reich-wing nutballs across the world are copying your reich-wing nutballs

[–] EthicalAI 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rupert Murdoch is Australian and I believe a lot of this hit Europe when he started funding shit over there, so blame Australia

[–] interolivary 1 points 1 year ago

Ha, true. I'll blame Murdoch instead of all Strayans though