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Simply expressed, even if we stopped everything today, the impacts won't disappear. They will grow, no matter what some dumbasses thinks and argue for.

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Looked at that way Mr Trumps visions are more than just a catastrophe


They become a tragedy

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And what it all comes back to is this idea of USA and its ban hound, NATO and Western Europe, 'Leading us out'.

There is no leadership here

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There could have been, but we lost it. And you should thank your politicians for that one, not forgetting yourself.

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And we don't really have anywhere to turn for it, any more. No matter how China positioning itself geopolitically.

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So all that bs about the West having a vision of the future is going down the drain, and there is nothing to replace it with.

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Well, yes

We have wars of course. Think that will solve it?

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https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/indias-80-bln-coal-power-boom-is-running-short-water-2025-06-09/

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https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/eleven-countries-demand-eu-weakens-deforestation-law-further-document-shows-2025-05-26/

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"Sustainability news" from both the AP and Reuters heavily leaning to positive spins. And yes, getting bigger the worse it gets.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/deforestation-colombia-falls-33-first-quarter-2025-06-05/

Really?

Seen it before     https://colombiaone.com/2025/05/21/colombia-deforestation-forest-loss-new-york-city/

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"Just 2.7% of the global ocean is effectively protected from destructive activities like industrial fishing and deep-sea mining - far below the global goal of 30% by 2030."

https://apnews.com/article/climate-world-oceans-day-conference-b525125ffa719c7cd406cd29ce9a5eae

So reading between the lines, industrial mining of ocean bottoms for rare earths and other minerals now a established practice?

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5336319/international-deep-sea-mining-critical-metals-seabed

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You don't act, you just react. And that is putting you into a grave.

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So why do people in power, and influence, listen to those positive spins, defending them?

Well, I don't think they do. I think they defend themselves, and the game that took them there

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The rest just a necessity. Questioning this game is questioning yourself

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Ouch, might have been wrong. Not only back to the glorious 50's but all the way to the 1700's?

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-4/section-4/historical-background-on-guarantee-clause

The BBC defines it to the 1800's though, still, quite some time ago.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qwez9zz7jo

"When asked why 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines would take part in the U.S. military's response to the Los Angeles protests and what capabilities it could bring to the mission, Marine Corps officials referred questions to NORTHCOM, which referred Task & Purpose back to the Marines."

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-los-angeles-protests/

and the National Guard, staunch citizens fighting for freedom, liberty, and erm, well?

Democracy? The American way.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/donald-trump-tests-the-limits-of-presidential-authority-by-sending-troops-into-la/ar-AA1GkLII

He do likes his military, doesn't he. Then again, which president didn't?

Hmm, Eisenhower?   https://www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244/ikes-warning-of-military-expansion-50-years-later

Questionable that one, still ...

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Yep, those invasions

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-troops-make-first-detentions-trump-border-military-zones-2025-06-08/

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So the US of A bet on two presidents, both geriatrics. Each one with their own vision.


How do you like it?

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A safe harbor for us in Western Europe?

The 'world police'?

And NATO

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We didn't f* it up just this decade, this has been coming together with politicians becoming our clowns for more than that. Running around the world 'defending democracy'

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As with USA now defending Israel's behaviors, under both presidents nota bene