• JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yea, the founding fathers in the late 18th century didn’t anticipate that coal burning would alter the atmosphere that they barely knew anything out. And cars/oil wouldn’t be a thing for over a century, of course they didn’t put a stable climate in the constitution.

    That does not mean that we can’t add that as an amendment now that we know of these things. Instead, our government representatives are choosing to kill large portions of future populations so they can be rich now

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      1 year ago

      Boomers know they won’t have to endure the consequences and care only for themselves and maybe one generation of offspring. And the ones who don’t have progeny are making the logical conclusion that this is the best thing for them, flat out. Why vote against themselves. Selfish assholes.