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kpete

(72,040 posts) Sat Apr 27, 2024, 09:26 AM Apr 27

A conversation with the boot on your face

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A conversation with the boot on your face (Original Post) kpete Apr 27 OP

"According to the centrists, you're the dangerous extremist." nt RandiFan1290 Apr 27 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author WhiskeyGrinder Apr 27 #2

Want to know the future? Kid Berwyn Apr 27 #3

The powers that be keep us fighting on social issues like abortion and guns, so we have less time and energy to Earth-shine Apr 27 #4

Democracy's just going to get harder & harder to defend as climate chaos gets worse. CrispyQ Apr 27 #5

RandiFan1290

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1. "According to the centrists, you're the dangerous extremist." nt

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Sat Apr 27, 2024, 09:30 AM

Apr 27

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Kid Berwyn

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3. Want to know the future?

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Sat Apr 27, 2024, 09:34 AM

Apr 27

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.” — George Orwell, 1984

By Jove, you, kpete, and McFadden have got it!

Earth-shine

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4. The powers that be keep us fighting on social issues like abortion and guns, so we have less time and energy to

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Sat Apr 27, 2024, 09:37 AM

Apr 27

fight them on economic issues like the inequities of taxes, health insurance, price gouging, and other exploitations of the middle and lower classes.

CrispyQ

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5. Democracy's just going to get harder & harder to defend as climate chaos gets worse.

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Sat Apr 27, 2024, 11:02 AM

Apr 27

Last week I read the first article I've seen about migration within the US due to climate change.

I love this image for how startling it is. At least, I think it's startling. There's a new genre of fiction called cli-fi,
climate fiction & I've read a few interesting titles, one that touched on how people from southwestern states weren't welcome up north. There was a whole hierarchy, too, some states having more stigma than others.

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