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Timeflyer

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4. The climate crisis is kind of like US slavery--people knew it was bad, wrong, should be dealt with, but

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2024, 03:26 PM

Oct 9

they let it continue because of possible economic/political consequences that would fall on them. So the next generation, and the next, and the next, were faced with the issue, and it finally took a bloody divisive war to put an end to it.

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Climate Change: Bah humbug!, right...? [View all] PCIntern Oct 9 OP

Global Warming downgraded to Climate Change is still not a hoax! Clouds Passing Oct 9 #1

A number of members feel that way Kaleva Oct 9 #2

It's going to get worse every year. Elessar Zappa Oct 9 #3

The climate crisis is kind of like US slavery--people knew it was bad, wrong, should be dealt with, but Timeflyer Oct 9 #4