Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis | Among sweeping rightwing electoral victories across the globe, the ‘big loser of the elections has been climate’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] whithom@discuss.online -1 points 2 days ago

I think that’s because the human race realizes it cannot do anything about it, and only has at best a few hundred years to live. And therefore we are going to party like it’s 1999.

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