That emoji is kind of how I felt when I read about Mein Fuhrer deciding for the whole country and pulling out of Paris Climate Agreement. I don’t really know how to explain why I felt sad by it, it’s not like I’m the greenest person on the planet either; I don’t go out of my way to recycle, although I am cognizant about turning off lights and shutting down electronics that aren’t being used. That’s the kind of person I am when it comes to climate concerns, if that paints any picture at all.
I think it’s more a sense of dissatisfaction at a situation where pretty much the vast majority of the American public can agree that, not even for just the sake of the climate, whether it’s believed in or not, there’s nothing really wrong with trying to reduce pollution and find simple and efficient ways to not be so wasteful, but the guy in unfortunate charge of the country seems to operate at this seemingly predictable reverse psychology methodology, so whatever the people wants, he simply does the opposite. So when the vast majority of Americans are saying to not leave the Paris Climate Agreement, he decides to leave, joining like, two other countries as the only countries in the entire fucking planet that isn’t a part of it.
And then to add insult to injury, there’s always the tagline at the end that claims to “be for America’s best interests,” that I can’t even believe for one second that those who say it can believe it.
By now, I’m entirely convinced that if Twitter started proclaiming that they hoped that this administration would never end, the Comemeder in Chief would resign full stop right then and there, because he’s so accustomed to doing whatever it is the American people don’t want.
Ultimately, I may be one of those left wing nutjobs that believes in something silly like the climate, but I think it’s just really sad that there are actually people who don’t give a shit about it, and are so content and greedily happy to let the world degrade on an unregulated timeline. I find that extraordinarily depressing.
However, the silver lining to this whole debacle is that in an unprecedented degree of defiance, governors and mayors from states and cities all across the United States have boldly come out and stated their intentions to uphold the standards declared by the Paris Climate Agreement, even if the leader of the country doesn’t believe in it. It’s a small measure of redemption for very specific parts of the country, but I personally do feel like it is a beacon of hope that there are people who legitimately want to do what’s best for the country and the world as a whole, and are willing to stand against authority in the process.
Naturally, I’m not surprised that Georgia’s governor hasn’t signed up for it yet, as this is a red state, but as much criticism that I feel for Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, I’m glad to see that he’s smart enough to put associate his name with smarter people than him, and I’m glad to know that the rest of the state or the rest of the country might not believe in it, at least my city isn’t going to be one of the ones sitting idly and letting the whole place get worse without efforts.
