The debate confirmed two things: that climate denial is thriving in the GOP, and that these candidates will do absolutely nothing to save the planet.
This is a surprise to no one. We have to realize that a great portion of the population will ride this all the way down to midnight. They’ll do whatever they can to keep the profit and power they already have. These people are not just enemies of humanity, they are enemies of life as we know it. Treat them as the raiders and pilferers they are.
To them, party and power > country and the planet. They’re traitors to humanity and should be treated as such.
The crazy part is, the majority of those voters have neither power nor money. They just get caught up in the cult of personality the GOP has going on. Every single one of their candidates is trying to be a hero for Republican voters. Trump will Make America Great Again. DeSantis will save the children from woke politics and trafficking. The other candidates are a mix of the two. None of them are grounded in reality, and none of them are offering actual solutions outside of catch phrases and threats/promises to end X “threat”.
Its nothing but pure mental immaturity. Jumping from each perceived saviour to the next, these people are helpless against their own problems. And the ones that are beneficiaries of these policies and actions are nothing but malicious actors out for their own gain. This squabble isn’t new either. People have been squandering political power on themselves since we first figured out that apes together strong.
This is honestly the most successful part of the Republican strategy over the last few decades. They wanted to elect people who would pass tax cuts and legislation that disproportionally favored the wealthy and large corporations, but needed more people to vote for candidates like that. But how do you get people to vote against their own interests?
That was the genesis of aligning with the Christian right. Get people worked up into a froth about things like abortion (something Republicans weren’t previously against) or the “gay agenda,” and then have candidates who say they will save the country from those kinds of evils. People vote for those candidates, who then get in and pass the tax cuts and such.
Most of those folks don’t actually care about those issues, it’s just a way to fire up their base, and it’s worked frighteningly well.
That is what gets me. I have been through 8 presidents now and everything even somewhat useful has come under democratic administrations whereas republican ones do nothing but tax cuts that for me ends up being if im lucky an extra beer at the bar on weekends.
As long as the USA worships untrammelled capitalism, these deadly parasites will not be recognized for what they are.
we must destroy capitalism
Join the IWW, they’re the only anticapitalist union out there.
This is the way.
Should be called the party of “me and mine”.
I want to point out that they denied climate change while in Milwaukee, which set a record high temperature of 101°F the day of the debate, with a heat index of 115°F.
The average high temperature over the past 30 years is 80°F
No wonder the audience started to boo.
Hard to be surprised about the climate denial when the party appears split on whether being the party of “law and order” requires punishing people for attempted extrajudicial killings.
Or attempted coups.
Party of anti-science doesn’t believe in science! More at 7!
Where we will discuss the wetness of water and reveal the surprise religion that is prominent within The Vatican.
The scariest thing to me was when they talked about invading Mexico 👀
Excuse me, what the fuck?
Here’s a quote from a Washington Post blog/summary article.:
Would you, co-moderator Martha MacCallum asked DeSantis, support sending American Special Forces over the southern border to take out the cartels that produce fentanyl, a synthetic opioid thought to be the leading cause of death for Americans 18-49. “Yes,” he replied confidently. “And I will do it on Day One.” “Would I use force? Would I treat them as foreign terrorist organizations? You’re damn right I would,” he continued.
Cool. Hopefully he meant with the permission of the Mexican government.
You know he didnt. Cause he wants to provoke war.
Republcians love war. it makes them feel all tingly in their daddy bad touch no no parts. and enriches their benefactors.
oh man yeah that is what blows me away. And the question was from some young conservative environmental activist group. They might as well have said that the youth of the world should never vote for their party. Its like only the one woman was willing to say it was real but was still all wuuuhhh china, india, wuuuhhh
And the question was from some young conservative environmental activist group
I hope they’re ready for a life of disappointment.
“conservative activist”
So, you want things to change or to stay the same?
Them: yes.
DOWN WITH THE GOP!
repulicans are cancer to this world
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