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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Given the low regard for their children and grandchildren they show when it comes to climate change, I doubt that would be an adequate deterrent.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Senators are (with few exceptions) extraordinarily wealthy. When climate change is destroying crops and making some areas uninhabitable, these senators' families will still be living very comfortably.