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So it's a Captain Planet villain, but dumb.
Right, a Republican, exactly.
The way they've all reacted to climate change denialism by actively trying to make pollution as bad as possible is wild. Even if the entire world's scientific community was somehow wrong about global warming, shit like this and "rolling coal" would still be terrible for air quality, but these fucknuts apparently don't care as long as they get to "own the libs". This is peak "eating a shit sandwich to force other people to smell your breath" energy.
It's not an anti environment thing, it's a money saving thing (as in, they don't do it to intentionally harm the environment, it's collateral damage). You spend 4.5k to make your engine reliable for hundreds of thousands of miles instead of having to spend 10k (if you're lucky) every 100k miles to keep it running.
People are dumb. I once saw a kid on a field trip shit his pants out of spite because we had to leave a petting zoo. It wasn't an accident. He looked the teacher in the eye and letterrip
That's a child who hasn't learned how to emotionally regulate. It's much worse when it's an adult who is emotionally unintelligent. These people aren't necessarily stupid, they've just never been taught how to manage themselves or given the tools to self soothe.
I'm saying millions of adults haven't moved beyond pant shitting.
I understand. I'm highlighting that it's not that these people are "dumb" - they're capable of learning why climate change is an important subject matter - but rather that their inability to emotionally regulate results in them doubling down like a child, even if deep down they know they're wrong.
They react to their emotions rather than taking a moment to ask themselves why that is their response in the first place; this needs to be taught.
I think we're generally aligned.
They are capable of understanding what climate change is but refuse any action on it. Even towards their own detriment.
(Shit pants, roll coal)