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Originally Posted by #-3
This is a red herring.
This issue at hand,
Is climate change a problem that should be taken seriously?
The answer provided,
The US isn't taking it seriously so what does it matter.
I'm not saying it is any easy problem to deal with. But this did not answer the original question, when faced with a problem that requires collective action, refusing to do your part because you do not trust others to do their part is doomed to failure.
If you want to say the economy is more important to you that is a credible argument. I think you should expect the vast majority of people will build a hybrid model of caring about the environment to an extent, and caring about the economy to an extend. The real conversation to be had is about exactly how far on the spectrum each of us land, or perhaps the false dichotomy in that spectrum.
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What it boils down to is, do you want future generations to deal with an economic burden or an environmental burden.
If it is the former, then likely you're going to vote for left leaning policies and if it is the latter, you're probably going to go for right leaning policies. Future generations will pay one way or another, IMO.