We have lots of great reasons to change from fossil fuels to renewables, but one underappreciated one is that oil money funds a disproportionately large portion of the resurgence of white supremacy.
The white supremacists like Chris Rufo who are attempting to purge non-whites from universities aren't pulling their 6-figure salaries and flying all over the country from thin air. It's money from places like Heritage.
@alexwild - the most disturbing thing about the Heritage Foundation now is their plan for Trump to dismantle the US government:
"With a nearly 1,000-page “Project 2025” handbook and an “army” of Americans, the idea is to have the civic infrastructure in place on Day One to commandeer, reshape and do away with what Republicans deride as the “deep state” bureaucracy, in part by firing as many as 50,000 federal workers."
@johncarlosbaez@alexwild
Not "Trump," "Republicans." The party leadership is all-in on the plan no matter who they elect, now that they have the courts loaded.
I must say, it's nice to see the HF take off the mask. I spent my life reading their garbage in otherwise reputable places, all the time being able to see this was their goal. They will never again be able to pretend to be anything but fascist propaganda.
@Uair@alexwild - I actually don't know if they and all the other pro-Trumpers were always secretly as fascist as they openly are now. Maybe they are just being opportunistic: once neoliberal capitalism was their thing, now they've decided there's a market for dictatorship. But anyway, they were always scummy and now new levels of scumminess seem to be acceptable to many in the US! I'm just trying to figure out when and how to get out.
@johncarlosbaez@Uair Good luck! If it comes to that, once you’re out and safe, please let us know. I’m up in Canada so somewhat safe, but we seem to be importing more and more of the US Christofascist garbage…so if it’s ever not safe here…I’m still looking for backup.
@cenobyte - I'll let y'all know how it goes, if it goes. I don't want to jinx it, or count my chickens before they're hatched, or any of those bad things.
@alexwild The dirty energy industry has been running a multi-decadal campaign of disinformation, disruption and dismantling even the vestiges of democracy.
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