• root@socialmedia.fail
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    1 year ago

    Very well said.

    The attitude you are referring to goes hand-in-hand with Christian Dominionism. It really starts getting scary when you realize how many of the American oligarchs ascribe to this philosophy. Erik Prince and Betsy DeVos are two prominent examples but it’s everywhere in the GOP.

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      1 year ago

      Ironically even Betsy DeVos’ own daughter thinks she is a piece of shit. So then the question becomes how long before we reach a critical mass where a large enough percentage of the population or voter base have had enough of this bullshit?

      I think we are just about there really, but the political apathy and hopelessness seem to be keeping pace with the shrinking boomer population. So it is taking longer than it otherwise would to throw out these rat-fuck politicians since so many younger people still aren’t voting.

      Still, I am choosing to remain optimistic because I don’t know a single person born after 1990 that is good with the current political, social, or economic paradigms. The more the right wingers, evangelicals, and corporations fuck with the normies the more extreme that rubber band effect is going to get. Luckily they are too stupid or arrogant to understand this concept apparently, and I for one am looking forward to watching their cognitive dissonance be their downfall.

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      1 year ago

      and christian denailism is mostly an american christian things. In other countries there is not a link between Christianity and climate denial

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        1 year ago

        Doesn’t it come from the same place, though? At the heart of it is the idea that we have no obligation to the future because our own present comfort is all that matters.