“The solution is going to come from the private sector, and what government needs to do is create the framework within which the private sector can do what it does best, which is allocate capital and innovate and begin to take the framework that’s been created. … We need to go after this as if we’re really at war.”

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We need to go after this as if we’re really at war

We all remember when WarCorp ltd won WW2.

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Everything is a war for US politicians and media. They’ll drone poverty out of existence instead of doing real policy

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Even worse, they will make sure that corporations are always profitable and win in every situation.

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Kerry must listen to Citations Needed, because they literally just did an episode about this :surprised-pika:

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THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAUSED THE CLIMATE CRISIS! YOU FOOL! YOU ABSOLUTE MORON!

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He’s not stupid, he’s just not gonna be around to see what we see.

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Yes but we will

create the framework within which the private sector can do what it does best

read: subsidize the shit out of cleaning up the mess they made so they can profit while they destroy the climate and while they fix it!

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Even that seems like utopian fantasy. There’s literally no way they’ll fix it. Stabilise it in a few key places to create life rafts for the ultra rich maybe.

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Heir to the Heinz fortune! You fucking fool!

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Top rant. :chefs-kiss:

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Yeah like, EXCUSE ME? This is your fucking climate change guy?

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Imagine picking someone with actual expertise in environmental science and policy.

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The solution is going to come from the private sector,

Oh God, were fucked. We’re so fucked.

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Always were :astronaut-1:

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