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[–] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

I get what the article is trying to say, but the planetary crisis isn't "awaiting" a damn thing. It's already here, and has been for some time now.

[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The meat of the matter is summed up nicely in the following paragraph:

Mr. Trump is at heart a billionaire doing favors for other billionaires by cutting their taxes and eliminating or not enforcing rules that protect the rest of us from asthma and cancer. During his four years in office, he managed to dismantle or degrade over 100 environmental rules, which brought real-world death and suffering. The medical journal The Lancet estimated that in the year 2019 alone these policies led to 22,000 excess deaths from heart disease, asthma and lung cancer, among other causes.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 9 points 7 months ago

It's awaited the last few presidents too