(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Concerns about Losing Democracy Aside, Trump Wants to Kill the Planet. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-07 I have been up in arms since Trump declared his candidacy for 2024, The threats to Democracy in this country couldn’t be more real with a Trump victory on November. His rhetoric has expanded in its scope and intensity and at times most are unsure if this is a playback from Germany in the 1930’s or if this is new show altogether, Here’s something we seem to overlook when it comes to Trump, he is also vowing to destroy the habitability of the planet, along with the constitution, and the rule of law. Remember climate change? So does Trump and he thinks its fake and to him so are the climate scientists that for years have been showing us the predictions that are increasingly becoming our reality Hurricanes at levels of intensity never before recorded New phenomena in wildfires has been discovered. Floods that where unimaginable in the past, like the wildfires, and the hurricanes, are becoming larger, longer, and more intense. Pakistan floods 2022 I have some bad news for people, but these phenomena along with famine in regions where food can no longer be grown, have already started the fatalities related to climate change. Every year it is going to grow in number unless measures are taken now! Larger famines are now present in Africa The “die offs” have already begun because no nation is meeting its goals for climate justice and the third world is paying the price that developed nations are demanding because the developed nations are ensconced in an abject denial concerning climate change. They believe their wealth and power as nations will exempt them from the problems related to the planet, It won’t. How is Trump addressing this issue? For one he is seeking a billion dollars for himself from the worst polluters and the main drivers of climate change, the fossil fuel industry. He has consistently claimed climate change is a Chinese hoax and vowed to eliminate restrictions for all polluters of greenhouse gases. There are few limits to the destruction he can cause in his role as president should he be reelected in November. One of the first things he did last time was pull out of the Paris Accord. This time it will be even more devastating if elected again. Here is my point, What difference will a system California Wildfires have burned whole cities of governance make when most of the planets animals are extinct, including homo sapiens? For one thing without democracy in this country, a fair and just judiciary, and a constitution we wont have any ability to fight the mega corporations that are causing these problems. John Delorean the automaker once said of GM, that their board would poison the river their own children drink out of to make a dollar. That is the kind of mentality we have in our corporations. They are largely sociopaths and don’t care about the damage they cause. The money they make for the shareholders justifies the deaths Biden is the first president to address climate change with meaningful legislation. It is definitely not enough. We need more than just green energy subsidies and electric cars. However, Trump has claimed to want to eliminate electric cars from the U.S. marketplace, even though oddly he has been meeting with Elon Musk in recent days. That’s just for starters. Almost every policy he has spoke of is diametrically opposed to dealing with real world issues like climate change. I just think were missing something with a Trump candidacy, probably even more dangerous than losing our democracy. It concerns the precipice we are currently teetering on. This is the tipping point for a habitable planet. We can’t lose another four years in the climate fight to a Trump Term. He will reverse previously hard won measures to combat the pollution that will kill an entire planet’s organisms. We no longer have the luxury of indecision on the climate, if we don’t make the changes we need to survive here now, were going to be extinct and Trump wants to lead us there. Sorry, Just when you thought it was safe to go outside. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/7/2245317/-Concerns-about-Losing-Democracy-Aside-Trump-Wants-to-Kill-the-Planet?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/