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PaulHoule · 2024-07-17 · Original thread
See the excellent

https://www.amazon.com/Nixon-Agonistes-Crisis-Self-Made-Man/...

which makes the case that individualism was running out of steam in the U.S. in 1970, but history shows we've stuck in in Nixon's world ever since. The real problem w/ trying to do anything about climate change in 2024 is that consumers are driven nuts that a Big Mac meal costs $12 and any increasing costs on the way to a sustainable economy and politicians don't have the courage or conviction to sell that to voters who feel like they are already at the breaking point.

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