Defying the douche on important matters

[luzribeiro]

Trump's insane management of American politics is simply a manifestation of where America's mindset has been for decades. Our way or the highway. Well, America, we're all on that highway now, and you're welcome to wander aimlessly on the backroads for the next few decades.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/01/trump-leaves-paris-climate-agreement-though-

Comments

[mahnmut]

You know something must have gone terribly wrong when North Korea starts lecturing you about environmental responsibility, and when WalMart and other corporations start to appear more responsible than yourself.

[oportet]

If man-made climate change is the greatest threat facing us, and that threat is imminent - any plan/treaty/accord which not only doesn't require the #1 emitter of CO2 to decrease those emissions, but actually allows for them to increase for 15-20 years - isn't a very good plan/treaty/accord.

[luzribeiro]

Isn't the US #2?

Hey, you guys can't win even in the polluting contest!

[telemann]

Bad link.

[abomvubuso]

Something's happening when people type # with a number after it.

[policraticus]

I don't see any particular reason why the Federal government is necessary to this process. Oh, sure it might be nice to have a wise and benevolent uber-authority directing with precision and wisdom the actions and desires of the citizens, controlling with absolute foresight the levers of the economy while educating all of us in what is truly needed and what is merely vanity and waste. I get it. Unfortunately, that kind of holistic government isn't possible at the moment, given our Constitution and the limits it places on power and the constraint it exerts over authority

[htpcl]

The one that made profit, obvs.

[luzribeiro]

Indeed.

[policraticus]

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose the general consensus on climate change?