Sad day in the world. The so called “leader” of the most advanced and richest nation on the face of the earth has pulled us, The United States of America, out of the Paris Climate agreement. It is a fact that we as a country are the single largest contributor to carbon emissions and greenhouse gasses next to china, and that is by a large margin… Worse is the fact that a man in such a high office is ignorant enough to blatantly disregard scientific facts that are overwhelmingly agreed upon throughout the world. It is sickening, and a huge step backward for Americans, and the “free world” in general.
I am not a Trump supporter.. anyone who knows me knows I have the most vile hatred for him and everything he represents in humanity. However I had hope that he would do somethings to actually make America better in some ways and he has miserably failed at every turn and every policy. Our allies across the planet think he is a joke and do not respect him just barely tolerate him. He is mocked at every turn for his hypocrisy, boisterousness, and ignorance, and yet he is the leader of our country and yet still holds a solid base of people who blindly support him no matter how many American ideals he throws down the toilet. When will we wake up?
Now America joins the only TWO other countries on the face of the entire planet who are not in accordance of the Climate agreement. Let’s look at those other two countries. Nicaragua is not a part of the Paris agreement because they said it didn’t do enough to guarantee that countries actually pay their fair share. The Nicaraguan president argued that it should be the richer countries who are contributing many more times the amount of pollutants, than smaller developing countries, who should be required to pay larger amounts. He argued that the agreement was voluntary and didn’t enforce those who didn’t keep up with, or altogether neglected, their agreed contributions. That sounds fair to me. I am sure they have something in the actual agreement stated for smaller developing countries so they can continue to grow. I do not know this for sure but such an extensive plan should if it does not.
The second country is Syria which at this point is barely a country because it is so ravaged by a civil war that has raged for almost a decade. The Assad regime has strict sanctions and cannot even travel to the meetings for the climate agreement, to say whether or not they even want to be a part of it, is unfair. Realistically Syria is not in any position to set up restrictions and regulations on an already devastated infrastructure and population.
Millions of American jobs could have been created and maintained by pursuing a cleaner America. America could have started exporting natural gas and oil to other countries once we lowered our dependency on it. We could have lead the world and paved a path toward a cleaner future.. It is all just really sad and short sighted. Now it is up to individuals, businesses, cities, and states to take control and pursue a cleaner world.
There is still hope.
Alas, all is not completely fucked. Since Trump announced the US exiting the Climate Agreement dozens and dozens of articles have surfaced of states, businesses, and city representatives saying they do not agree and will continue to support and promote the green movement overall. This gives me hope. This means people are finally realizing that we control what actually goes down in our communities, not rich white men thousands of miles away. Knowledge and the urge to know the truth is winning over ignorance and blatant disregard for facts.
One thing Donald Trump has done remarkably well is emboldened the general populace to check the facts and to become a bit more politically active. This makes me very proud and I encourage people to not depend on one news media source but have a collection spanning several views and political affiliations. This guarantees you can get a better rounded picture and a clearer resolve for your own views and beliefs. We are not all meant to agree all the time but knowing how to politely disagree is key to successful debate and dialogue.
There appeared to be a large void of eligible people in the US who simply didn’t care enough to vote. Well look what happens when you sit on your thumb.. No offense.. but it is my opinion that we would have had a much different turnout if people had have voted with a bit of logic instead of a hurt ego.. Trust me I reeeeeeeally wanted Bernie Sanders too. But I didn’t think Hillary’s emails, and various wiki conspiracies were important enough for me to just abandon all hope for something that would beat Trump. Regardless no one will ever know, this is what we have to deal with now.
I encourage people to VOTE! Become politically active, it kinda sucks but at least you have a legitimate argument and opinion based on your own knowledge. Vote in city, county, state, and Midterm Elections. That shit matters. Nobody votes in any midterms but old white people (no offense) but we live in a modern very culturally mixed and fast paced economic world. By not voting we have, as example, our current set of all our worthless politicians who can’t even get a bill finished with someone on their own side. It’s a Joke!! Read about people who you want to represent you, then get out and vote. Even if your opinion disagrees with mine, I am proud of Trumps supporters for organizing and pushing for something they felt was right. good on em.. Now we have to do the same only with sane and legitimate politicians. Lest we become one… lol.
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