'We can reclaim control of our destiny,' Al Gore says of climate change
www.politico.com
The former vice president found hope in the possibility that humans have the tools to repair the planet.
    • lefaucet@slrpnk.net
      5·
      11 months ago

      He ran for president. His talking points were listening to scientists and not spending the budget surplus gained in the Clinton years when Al was vice president.

      He won the popular vote, lost Florida which was governed by Dubbya’s brother and we got Dubbya in the white house.

      Over the next few years we got the SUV, Iraq war and warrantless wiretapping of US citizens. Climate scientists were labeled the enemy, EPA was turned into a joke and Haliburton and Petro comanies were doing better than they ever dreamed.

    • Maëlys@slrpnk.net
      1·
      11 months ago

      politicians only role is to be against the person in charge, even just out of spite to look like they are aware of the shortcomings of said governing body; they just like to stir things up in order to stay relevant, while in fact they dont really add any value to society. Just another middleman between imperialists and the bottom 80%.

      Yea i know: in a former post, american ‘lemmies’ ? argued that 100k$/year salary puts you in the top 10% of american society, and apparently 75k$ earners are just homeless people, hence the 80%…

  • Syl@jlai.lu
    61·
    11 months ago

    But do they have the will?

    It seems to be business as usual.

  • StrayCatFrump@slrpnk.netEnglish
    31·
    11 months ago

    I mean, we’ll never do it under capitalism, Gore. So you good with dismantling capitalism?

    (Crickets, I’m sure.)