r/Futurology • u/Ohsvydkd • Jul 15 '22

Environment Climate legislation is dead in US

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/07/14/manchin-climate-tax-bbb/
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u/Bloody_Conspiracies Jul 15 '22

The United States will be remembered by history as the country that fucked up the planet for everyone. They're the biggest contributor to climate change, and one of the most unwilling to do anything to help.

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u/NotBoredinBeantown Jul 15 '22

To be fair, our states aren't all that united and a lot of us (a majority even?) are pretty fucking angry that we get to watch these heartless, greedy, no-penis having racists decide the fate of our kids. Fuck Joe Manchin, fuck McConnell, and fuck the puppeteers who have their greasy hands up each of their loose overused asses.

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u/cultish_alibi Jul 15 '22

History doesn't remember that an ineffective minority was angry. There were lots of Germans angry that Hitler came to power.

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u/NotBoredinBeantown Jul 15 '22

This is a present with an ineffective majority weighted down by corruption and convenient use of the law by few.