We have our quarrels on planet earth, but I always imagined, if the day came where an asteroid was on the way to destroy our planet, humans would throw our differences aside and cooperate to defeat the threat.
Imagine my disappointment when an existential threat hit The White House, and instead politicians from around the world came to Washington to kneel before it.
We clearly need more courage in politics.
@randahl Existential threats have nukes.
A lot of nukes.
We dont.
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Ok, UK and France have some but they too live in polarized and unstable "winner takes it all" voting systems.
Nordic countries, Poland and the Baltic countries dont have nukes. And the "dont have nukes" actually have some courage to help Ukraine.
@randahl Existential to whom? Americans? 1. They voted for it, it's not some freak natural disaster. 2. The EU is not their mother, not our elected representatives' business to save Americans from themselves.
@randahl given our history with lots of really bad presidents in our past, I don't think it's crazy for the world leaders to think this is potentially a passing blip and we will not fully execute it into an actual world war. That said, appeasement has not generally worked out well.
@randahl we also desperately need that asteroid.
@randahl nah, it would be like that movie Don't Look Up, and the Earth would be destroyed.
I'm waiting for Trump to abandon the Montreal Protocol and bring back the ozone hole. It seems inevitable.
Alright, I searched, and he's already working on it.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/5-things-to-know-about-trumps-attacks-on-the-montreal-protocol/
@randahl Well they have not covered themselves with glory
