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by rwoodley 2555 days ago
There is something they/we can do: vote for candidates who actually take the threat of climate change seriously.
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Fighting climate change is a prisoners dilemma type problem, any country can choose to defect and pollute the commons. Just like federal issues can’t be solved by individual states, global issues can’t be solved at a country level.
Democracy doesn’t work. If this doesn’t prove it nothing will.
Which autocracy is doing better in terms of preserving the environment or combating climate change or global warming or whatever it is called today?