Is It Warm Out There? The planet is getting hotter. But America’s conversation about it has chilled.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/06/climate-ambivalence/687673/?gift=7cjjyPZIuS21UKXXq4Z-JIYcmI2PzT7ymySqa0k1jS8Open linkView original on slrpnk.net
We're talking about it, but the media and the government are not. It's like we don't matter. Oh wait, we don't.
Nothing will change until we can get the pro-climate change people out of power, and if that means having "conversations" about the price of eggs and healthcare during election years then the reasonable strategy for fixing climate change seems to be talking about the price of eggs and healthcare.
Democrats have long been having those conversations, but also occasionally talking about climate. A lot have stopped that occasional bit
The privilege of climate control systems keeps people complacent.