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Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down

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594 points geox | 1 comments | 02 Jul 25 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.268s | source
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nektro ◴[03 Jul 25 00:14 UTC] No.44450235[source]▶
i think what contributes the most to my sense of dread is the feeling that if you were to tell these decision makers in govt right now "but this'll kill people!" they'd respond "good"
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jmholla ◴[03 Jul 25 00:33 UTC] No.44450356[source]▶
They don't care about people. Senator Joni Ernst when told that people would die due from the spending bill responded with, "Well, we are all going to die."
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bix6 ◴[03 Jul 25 01:49 UTC] No.44450845[source]▶
And then doubled down with a later Instagram post making fun of everyone. How are these people our elected officials? It’s unbelievable.
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Ylpertnodi ◴[03 Jul 25 07:58 UTC] No.44452692[source]▶
>How are these people our elected officials? It’s unbelievable.

Voters are stupid?

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1. 28304283409234 ◴[03 Jul 25 13:24 UTC] No.44454806[source]▶
That is the Wizard's First Rule for a reason.

"Wizard's First Rule: people are stupid." Richard and Kahlan frowned even more. "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."