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KerPop42 t1_j1kus9i wrote

Reply to comment by pants_mcgee in 18 die as monster storm brings rain, snow, cold across US by cleanvar

"That's life" is a challenge, not an admission. We can bury our power lines underground. We can improve our warning and help people prepare. We can promote more energy-efficient housing. We can get that number lower.

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pants_mcgee t1_j1kvim7 wrote

The challenge has been accepted and accomplished already. 18 deaths is a rounding error of a rounding error.

For everything else you want, just vote for Democrats.

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KerPop42 t1_j1kwew1 wrote

18 naively is a rounding error. However, power systems across the country failed and had to institute ruling blackouts. Those rolling blackouts can be very dangerous for certain non-negligible portions of the population. That's how the deaths indicate a systemic failure.

Yeah, it's not 9/11. But it's also not "just life"

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pants_mcgee t1_j1kymc2 wrote

It absolutely is life and our new normal.

The weakest/oldest/youngest dying to the elements has been the norm for 250,000 years or longer.

We just got used to our technology and cheap energy over the last 100 years. We’re not even returning to that normal, the stagnation of political will to fix things and the accelerating destruction of the climate humans have evolved in are just making things worse.

We are spoiled to the point that 18 deaths is a headline.

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gryphmaster t1_j1lk113 wrote

Makes sense now, he’s a conservative

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YamburglarHelper t1_j1lt4ru wrote

That seems like an inaccurate assumption, actually.

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gryphmaster t1_j1lt9yc wrote

He seems to think democrats are the “get everything you want party”. I would not assume that he’s politically to the left of them

Also the lack of regard for human life is a big tipoff

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