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Roy Rolling

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16. Delay is a Tactic

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 03:19 PM

Feb 2019

Rich people can delay. When you are wealthy, you are not compelled to act. You wait for lower prices because you don't have to buy today. You wait for a crisis because you can exploit people grandly in a crisis.

The delay in government is the same tactic. They think they can survive, if not thrive, in a climate crisis. It's hard-wired stupidity.

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This is an emergency, damn it [View all] babylonsister Feb 2019 OP

K&R Kurt V. Feb 2019 #1

K&R Achilleaze Feb 2019 #2

The lack of urgency is what's troubling to me. Autumn Feb 2019 #3

The entire planet would have to come together as ONE Mr. Quackers Feb 2019 #4

sad, but true. Mosby Feb 2019 #6

So do nothing crazytown Feb 2019 #12

What would you propose? Mr. Quackers Feb 2019 #15

Activism crazytown Feb 2019 #17

disconnect the masses from television and smartphones Mr. Quackers Feb 2019 #18

Post removed Post removed Feb 2019 #20

Thanks for your post. Magoo48 Feb 2019 #5

Then attack Republicans, not Democrats, damn it. SunSeeker Feb 2019 #7

If we don't do something deliberately to deal with climate change lunatica Feb 2019 #8

No Democrat is arguing that climate change doesn't exist or that something shouldn't be done. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #9

+++ brer cat Feb 2019 #22

When we return to full power then we can talk about it and do something about it. mtngirl47 Feb 2019 #10

Why are so many on DU, so many Democrats up in arms when asked to sign onto the GND Resolution? rgbecker Feb 2019 #11

It certainly is. We are in abrupt climate change now Cetacea Feb 2019 #13

Assinine demonstration of willful ignorance -- at best. Hortensis Feb 2019 #14

Amen! brer cat Feb 2019 #23

Delay is a Tactic Roy Rolling Feb 2019 #16

The Green New Deal Is Better Than Our Climate Nightmare NYT Editorial elleng Feb 2019 #19

Thank you for posting that. Cetacea Feb 2019 #21