(Disclaimer: I voted against Trump and anyone who supported him in my state.)

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[+] 78 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (18 children)
  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    All that, and you may have left out the most damaging of all.. Trump will likely pull the US out of Copenhagen, leaving no chance of limiting temps below 2C let alone getting anywhere near 1.5C. The excess deaths from this will likely dwarf COVID.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    Honestly, I can't be bothered to worry about the climate 100 years from now when we're going to be attacking (many more) Americans 100 days from now

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I can't be bothered to worry about the climate 100 years from now

    I can because I care about my kids and potential grandchildren.

    we're going to be attacking (many more) Americans 100 days from now

    I also have family members who will be impacted directly by that.

    I can be concerned about stopping both of those negative outcomes. (And would be even if it didn't directly impact my family)

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm sorry, just my anxiety speaking there. Of course you're right, but if Trump death squads purge the undesirables, nobody will be left to defend the environment, and this is on a shorter time table.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Of all the bullshit that Trump yelled about, I think actual death squads is relatively low on the list of things he would actually be able to accomplish.

    For the first year or so he will be too focused on trying to punish the justice system that was so "unfair" to him.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Don't get me wrong, Drumph's second term will be bad for everyone. But the climate issue is going to be truly catastrophic on a scale even he and his cronies can't match. There should be plenty of worry to go around.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    Why dont you guys start your own " stop the steal"?
    Just say that 20 million illegals voted for trump, Kamala won and all this is just big election fraud.

    Just wondering.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why doesn't biden commit some "official acts"

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He could. Totally legal thanks to the SCROTUS. But Dems are cowards by nature. They never would. Which is why this outcome was inevitable. If not now, later. We might actually end up being lucky it was Trump and not someone truly competent, but I doubt it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I think Biden still believes that things can swing back in the midterms or next presidential election. I don't think he realizes that this might have been the last election that was possible to win.

    If he does something drastic, he'd probably hand even more popular support to the Republicans in general and to Trump in particular who would play victims as much as they could.

    If he does nothing, it might be the end of democracy, not just in the US but in most of the world. But he will have "accepted defeat gracefully" and considering he won't live to see the worst of it, I imagine that's all that matters.

    Edit: Just watched his speech. Nope, he thinks this is business as usual.

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