The planet's vital signs are going haywire, says WFLA's Jeff Berardelli

The next years are going to be fun… The world is burning while the fossil fuel industry is chugging along like everything is great as long as you buy enough co2 credits.

I’m scared in what kind of world my children will have to live in…

  • @JudgeHoldenEnglish
    10•11 months ago

    “the US is a Republic not a democracy…”

    Thanks for telling us that you don’t know WTF you’re talking about.

    This idea of yours, that republics and democracies are somehow mutually exclusive concepts is a deeply stupid category error that has zero basis in political science (to say nothing of practical reality) and almost always is the redoubt of those who wish to justify the dysfunction of the current status quo.

    • @0ddysseusEnglish
      1•11 months ago

      There’s no need to get upset about it mate. At least not about my comment. Please do get upset about (I assume) your government. Its a shitshow. I never said anything about mutual exclusivity, all I said is that being a republic, the rulesa re different to what they would be otherwise. Gerrymandering, the executive branch, the judicial branch, and especially the electoral college, all mean that even though some people are allowed to vote, power lies with the political class and oligarchs, not with the people voting.

      Here’s some handy info about republics: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic