41 sats \ 4 replies \ @TomK OP 29 Jul \ parent \ on: How The EU Creates The Welfare Entrepreneur econ
more than 25 years ago, I once gave a lecture in the local parliament in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany about the destruction of the cultural landscape by green projects. that brought me nothing but anger and humiliation
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And yet...it seems like every time I look at a mainstream newspaper, you see another article about the climate apocalypse. Like for instance this one - we're now reaching a "tipping point" apparently, no way back. Take a look at this panic mongering:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/07/27/hottest-days-ever-recorded-climate-change/
(unpaywalled - https://archive.is/mhuz8)
An excerpt:
As global temperatures spiked to their highest levels in recorded history on Monday, ambulances were screaming through the streets of Tokyo, carrying scores of people who’d collapsed amid an unrelenting heat wave. A monster typhoon was emerging from the scorching waters of the Pacific Ocean, which were several degrees warmer than normal. Thousands of vacationers fled the idyllic mountain town of Jasper, Canada ahead of a fast-moving wall of wildfire flames.
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Panic is the right word.
Just look at the text. It's insane, the amount of emotionally charged propaganda that's directed at us.
highest levels in recorded history
ambulances were screaming
scores of people who’d collapsed
unrelenting heat wave
monster typhoon
scorching waters
Thousands of vacationers fled
fast-moving wall of wildfire flames
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