• fireweed@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I saw the headline and thought, “we ripping out the highways or doubling down on them with expensive bandaid ‘fixes’?”

    Doubling down it is. Crap like this is why Biden will never be a “climate president”: we can’t address the systemic issues that are the primary drivers of climate change as long as we keep trying to work within the confines of said systems.

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      8 months ago

      Some of the blame lies at the feet of state DOTs that are still drawing up these projects. In Austin’s case, I think the I-35 widening is basically being forced down the city’s throat by a revanchist state government.

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      8 months ago

      Biden is a far right president he just isn’t Trump. The only reason we must vote for him. This makes our two teir government bullshit. Because we will never get the changes needed under this current system.

      It will always be voting for the lesser evil who is always moving futher right.

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        8 months ago

        and we are so far up in this, biden is literally right wing.

        yet the democrats love him despite continuing with trumps policies, for some reason.

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            8 months ago

            also didnt stop building that wall, so offensive to us democrats of yesteryear.

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                8 months ago

                except he just pretended he did.

                and acted very concerned, this seems to be important these days.

                • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
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                  8 months ago

                  if you want to ignore reality, and believe your lies so your poor little brain doesn’t get hurt by the cognitive dissonance, that’s all you.

                  but just so everyone is all clear here: this is your lie you’re living, you have no-one to blame but yourself.

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                    8 months ago

                    chil, man.

                    thats how i see things going. i’m old enough to remember infinite promises but no delivery, in more countries than one.