Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jul 1, 2022 23:54:25 GMT
They just voted to limit the EPA’s influence on reducing greenhouse emissions.
Whether or not you approve of the EPA, or consider it a joke, this is just petty. And what else? It’s just another way for the mostly Catholic, heavily Evangelical congress to cling to their beliefs, and even if the planet is destroyed, they can still cling to their books saying “Fuck you, got mine.” Because they have their gold castle in the sky to look forward to, but those of us who want to protect THIS home, so that the people AFTER US can live a half decent life… now have to pay for it.
You may think I’m going overboard (I have GAD, I always see things in their worst case scenario), you may think I’m being a pessimist (I’m borderline nihilistic, so yeah), but I also feel EMPATHY. Seeing the problems going on with OTHER PEOPLE, not merely my own self interests, and fearing for what will happen after I’m gone. I have nieces and a nephew who are naive, and adorable, and yet to feel how soul-crushing life can be. And yes, it is unbearably repressive, and painful, and at times, seemingly pointless, unless you have 200K in the bank at all times, and you’ve never even heard the phrase “paycheck to paycheck.”
But I keep living because, in spite of it all, I WANT to believe the best in people. I WANT to believe, and to see things will get better. No matter how many times something, or someone comes along to prove me wrong. Because I would rather suffer in hope, than take comfort in complacency.
Fuck this court!
Whether or not you approve of the EPA, or consider it a joke, this is just petty. And what else? It’s just another way for the mostly Catholic, heavily Evangelical congress to cling to their beliefs, and even if the planet is destroyed, they can still cling to their books saying “Fuck you, got mine.” Because they have their gold castle in the sky to look forward to, but those of us who want to protect THIS home, so that the people AFTER US can live a half decent life… now have to pay for it.
You may think I’m going overboard (I have GAD, I always see things in their worst case scenario), you may think I’m being a pessimist (I’m borderline nihilistic, so yeah), but I also feel EMPATHY. Seeing the problems going on with OTHER PEOPLE, not merely my own self interests, and fearing for what will happen after I’m gone. I have nieces and a nephew who are naive, and adorable, and yet to feel how soul-crushing life can be. And yes, it is unbearably repressive, and painful, and at times, seemingly pointless, unless you have 200K in the bank at all times, and you’ve never even heard the phrase “paycheck to paycheck.”
But I keep living because, in spite of it all, I WANT to believe the best in people. I WANT to believe, and to see things will get better. No matter how many times something, or someone comes along to prove me wrong. Because I would rather suffer in hope, than take comfort in complacency.
Fuck this court!
