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Agreement to phase out fossil fuels would be huge for humanity, says Gore (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact: that guy was elected president.

Less fun fact: Jan 6 wasn't the only coup attempt in the US in the last few decades. The Brooks Brothers Riot was one too, and it succeeded.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Huh. As an outsider I don’t recall ever hearing about that before. What the fuck, America?!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Really? It was all we could talk about before Trump.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mind giving some reading materials? Looks like it was 271 vs 266 electoral for Bush.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_recount_in_Florida

The Supreme Court halted recounts that could have changed the election results. Some post-election studies have found that "if the disputes over the validity of all the ballots in question had been consistently resolved and any uniform standard applied, the electoral result would have been reversed and Gore would have won by 60 to 171 votes".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Unbelievable really. Gore might have pushed for a sustainable society and the world might be a different place. Then again, he probably wouldn't have gotten a second term because he would have pissed off big money and the world would be the same.