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Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias
Climate change is real. Climate change is a big deal. The biggest harms of climate change occur in the future and afflict non-Americans. Any kind of problem that has that structure is fairly "weird" relative to the priorities of the electorate.
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David Roberts
@drvolts
Kinda seems like @mattyglesias is saying that climate change is no big deal & it's weird to worry about it too much. slowboring.com/p/the-politics
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@TakesFromALib
What it should be and what you think it should be are two separate issues. Climate change consistently polls very high among issues voters care about, and there’s a large portion of the population that cares about it enough to make it single issue.
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Keith Laughlin
@KeithELaughlin
You imply that the current impacts in the US are inconsequential. Those experiencing extreme heat, forest fires, hurricanes, drought, floods and sea level rise might be to differ.
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@LogicWun
It’s sad that so many Americans have this mindset. The effects of climate change are happening everywhere and affect the whole world. I see it happening around me. It kills and dries the trees, then we have bigger fires that spread more rapidly and consume entire towns.
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emu
@wordsinusername
If it harms non-Americans the most why do high population countries like China, India, Nigeria, Indonesia, etc do nothing to prevent it? Wouldn’t they do so out of self interest?
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OPA
@ObservatoireUS
Americans are already dying due to climate change, it's just that they don't die and won't die in as large numbers as in some other countries. OH, and they are already paying for it too, as
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@SadMusketeer
And afflict non-Americans I cannot tell if this is your usual sarcasm Americans better move to higher ground too.
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Alpha Wolf
@AlphaWolfster
And the driver of climate change this century will be those poor non-americans who will increase fossil fuel consumption as they they develop with rising standards of living far outstripping the minor inconveniences of climate change. China is the model here
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@corinnar17
Climate change hysteria is for dumbfuck Liberals and rich people scamming money. Not mutually exlusive.
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