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My President
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My President
Capitalism and its profits-above-all ethos are directly responsible for the destruction of the planet. If you wanna give credit to the world's wealthiest man—the pinnacle of capitalism personified—for giving a meaningless fraction of his incomprehensible fortune to "fight climate change," that's your prerogative. But people can have reasoned and principled objections to celebrating this news, since the very existence of a Jeff Bezos is antithetical to saving the planet.I don't disagree
but that's not the issue at hand which is climate change
who cares who is credited. What matters is some action is being taken and how the money is used
how is it possible that global warming is the biggest threat facing the earth today and yet there are zero large charitable foundations (at least that I'm aware of) devoted to mitigating it?
the reality is there aren't nearly enough resources being thrown at climate change. The US government can and should be funding more climate science and climate mitigation research and implementation. That would be first-best.
Until we get there, I'm not sure what slamming on people who are doing something with what resources are available accomplishes
no... it's not
perpetually angry progressiveness twitter is tiresome
Yea he's probably the smartest man in politics, he knows how major his influence still is and the far reaching effects that stepping into the fray would cause on both sides of the aisle. Which explains not even commenting on his VP's campaign yet. Kind of expecting him to stay out of the spotlight until the convention most likely.I don't know why people ever thought Beezy would do otherwise. He just not that type of dude.
Every article I have read regarding Obama opinions about Biden's run gives me the impression that Bams doesn't want him to be president, and is embarrassed for dude.Yea he's probably the smartest man in politics, he knows how major his influence still is and the far reaching effects that stepping into the fray would cause on both sides of the aisle. Which explains not even commenting on his VP's campaign yet. Kind of expecting him to stay out of the spotlight until the convention most likely.
That article was pretty fascinating too getting a small look into his calculus during this campaign season
He tried to warn him years ago , probably playing out exactly as he imagined. Most accounts say he's been discouraging him from running since'16Every article I have read about Obama opinions about Biden's run gives me the impression that Bams doesn't want him to be president, and is embarrassed for dude.
Capitalism and its profits-above-all ethos are directly responsible for the destruction of the planet. If you wanna give credit to the world's wealthiest man—the pinnacle of capitalism personified—for giving a meaningless fraction of his incomprehensible fortune to "fight climate change," that's your prerogative. But people can have reasoned and principled objections to celebrating this news, since the very existence of a Jeff Bezos is antithetical to saving the planet.
Sure
If this truly bothered him, why would he have taken the job in the first place?More evidence of the Department's independence
Sure
He gonna teach us how to farm without fertilizer? Impressive.
To be fair, his words count as bull****