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Globalization Is Killing The Planet, Can We Survive Without It?
There is a legitimate conspiracy by politicians to under-report, undermine, and begin erasing climate change data.
Unpopular opinion: I do think there is a legitimate conspiracy by politicians to under-report, undermine, and begin erasing climate change data. I think they intend to openly lie about the state of the environment and discredit lifesaving scientific research. I think they intend to do so so that they may pass more policy initiatives favorable to the fossil fuel industry, which lobbies for/is an investment of/is a family business for many of them, and that this dependence on fossil fuel is the justification for foreign wars which allow us to promote American interests and post-imperialism overseas.
I think that Trump’s avowed position on withdrawing from the global stage is a good idea for American interests. I do not think a state of total war is helpful or a good idea. I think our role with NATO is virtually that of world police with military might, and I think that this is wasteful and totally irrelevant to American interests at home and abroad.
However, I think it would be a sorry mistake and a rookie move to abandon our allies. Global politics are not that simple. I also think that complete…
