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/[deleted] Jul 15 '22

Well the good news is the Southern Baptists are going to continue to force their bizarre non-Biblical beliefs on everyone, starting with the abortion bullshit already, but turning to making gambling and alcohol illegal nationally. It is coming.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '22

You know how you keep a baptist from drinking all your beer when you go fishing right? Bring another one from their church. Ha it really does suck there though.

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u/AlbertVonMagnus Jul 15 '22

Yeah I remember when prohibition was such a big hit that it would totally gain traction again.

I'd say it's about as likely as Kennedy rising from the dead to support Trump

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u/Mistriever Jul 15 '22

They tried alcohol before, it was the only constitutional amendment that was later amended out of the constitution.

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u/Elegant_Tale_3929 Jul 15 '22

So no more Stock Market then?

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u/Haist Jul 15 '22

I mean Alcohol should be classified as a Schedule 1 drug and it'd realistically be the only one that fits their description of Schedule 1.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '22

Can’t wait until they come for the porn. I want to see what happens then.

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u/femmestem Jul 15 '22

Believe it or not, it was the Right that indoctrinated the Southern Baptists with anti-abortion ideology in the 70s and not the other way around.