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Climate change and white supremacy are not problems for US, Ramaswamy argues (abcnews.go.com)

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Ramaswamy, who has called himself an environmentalist while also being a staunch proponent of fracking and using fossil fuels in addition to carbon-free energy like nuclear, explained his position on climate change and policies to address rising global temperatures, telling Davis in the interview on Monday night that he believes the "climate change agenda" is a "hoax ... more about pushing global equity" and deferring to China.

"I think that with due respect ... 'Do you believe in climate change?' is not really a meaningful question because climate change has existed as long as the Earth has existed," he said. "Do I believe it is a fact that global surface temperatures are rising over the course of the last century of the last half century? Yes, I think that that is an established fact."

But, as president, he would not take action to address the warming of the planet, he said.

Ramaswamy was pressed by Davis in light of past mass shootings by "self-identified white supremacists," such as the gunman who attacked a predominantly Black church in South Carolina in 2015.

He has been vocal about what he contends is a counteractive focus on race, including through affirmative action and race-conscious policies that seek to address longstanding disparities in areas like university admissions.

Ramaswamy said in Iowa in August that Juneteenth, which marks the emancipation of slaves in the U.S., is a "useless holiday" federalized "under political duress." Weeks earlier, he posted a video saying "Happy Juneteenth" and "we ought to celebrate how far we've come as a country."

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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago

When I was young I thought everyone being on the internet would solve most of the world's problems. I was not anticipating that the internet would allow stupid rural people to craft whatever reality suited their confirmation bias to such an extent that the rest of society was forced to accept their delusions as valid.

[-] TwoGems@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Nobody should have ever accepted their delusions as valid to begin with. That was our first mistake.

[-] eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Whatever their flaws, as an ex-ruralite I have to disagree that the problem is just stupid rural people being stupid. It's an oversimplification of the problem. Rural communities tend to be more tight-knit, more politically homogenous, and the risks of going against the grain can include ostracization and violence. In places where the church has influence, well-funded youth groups bring kids into a certain view of the world before they even have a chance to see it themselves, and enforce adherence to it through the same ostracization tactics. It's a culture that breeds resistance to change and resentment of the unfamiliar. People caught by this often aren't necessarily stupid, and in fact many, many smart people are victimized by it and then later reinforce it. They've internalized a bunch of ideological poison from a young age, and can't step out of line or support others who step out of line, out of fear of losing their community.

[-] Powerpoint@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

This was me as well. It's so upsetting it turned out this way instead.

[-] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

We made access far too easy. Look at what a filter Lemmy has with by being just slightly complicated to set up.

If you don't want the drunk uncle on a platform, it shouldn't be easy for a drunk uncle to join.

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