Much like failures of police are met with calls for more policing. Failures of control are met with calls for more control. And at the root of the cycle is the assumption that stability is (or requires) control
It wasn't always doomscrolling.
also i need to point this out: Matt Walsh is my age (38). Tim Pool is my age. Ben Shapiro is two years older than me. Laura Loomer is 31. Brett Cooper is 22. Charlie Kirk is 30. Steven Crowder is 37. Blair White is 31. Nick Fuentes is 26.
Elon Musk is going to get American Jews killed. Much as Donald Trump and his movement prompted the tree of life massacre.
New: Federal, state and local officials leading the Hurricane Helene relief efforts are facing vicious antisemitic online hate and real-world threats, fueled on Elon Musk's X, where anti-Jewish conspiracy posts are racking up tens of millions of views. Gift link: wapo.st/4eQKjFd
Report finds Elon Muskâs platform is fueling falsehoods and conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts â and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
This also extends to marginalized ppl in "red states" where their right to exist in peace is constantly up for debate. Some of them live there because they literally have no choice. Might be poverty, might be school/work/family obligations, might be something else. "Just leave!" isn't an option.
Another reason why we should tax the crap out of the obscenely wealthy. Most of their wealth is essentially imaginary and almost impossible for them to touch, but they still live in absurd luxury. Losing huge chunks of it wouldn't affect their lives at all, but they still fight to keep it all.
I think they ought to start naming them after major corporations who contribute significantly to climate change. Hurricane British Petroleum. Hurricane Nestle.
Evacuating for a hurricane is a lot like traveling out of state for an abortion. It takes money, health, and time. So those that most need to often canât.
It's really good to see this being recognized and talked about - there's historically been a huge lack of empathy for people who don't evacuate because people assume they're all being stubborn, even though anyone who lives in the US knows how few resources so many people here have.
People with disabilities, people who can't afford it and people who don't want to abandon their pets are among the many who can't easily get up and leave before a hurricane.
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Still processing a meteorologist weeping during a hurricane alert because they understand the devastation it will cause, but I'd like to remind you that these events, from the genocides to the natural disasters affect all of us. Helene has exacerbated an IV fluid shortage, for ex.