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Kaleva

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26. With catastrophic climate change approaching, the situation will not get better

Reply to tman (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 05:34 AM

Oct 2022

Enjoy the current years as much as you can because it's going to get really tough soon enough

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Anyone else get the feeling that things in America will get much, much worse before they get better? [View all] tman Oct 2022 OP

Yes. rubbersole Oct 2022 #1

I think things will improve when Trump is dead. Aristus Oct 2022 #2

"Pestilential loyalties" ZZenith Oct 2022 #9

Oh hasten the day.. thomski64 Oct 2022 #15

Remember though, we all thought and hoped Bush was the bottom of the barrel. LT Barclay Oct 2022 #16

Agree completely! PortTack Oct 2022 #17

You may be right, Aristus. calimary Oct 2022 #21

Possibly TiredGenXFemme Oct 2022 #3

Welcome to our numbers. Aristus Oct 2022 #12

No, I don't feel that way. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #4

Yes, but I'm not supposed to talk about it here, Crunchy Frog Oct 2022 #5

Oh without question. Initech Oct 2022 #6

I feel your pain, DemocraticPatriot Oct 2022 #7

Yes. CentralMass Oct 2022 #8

"worse/better" - are we talking months, decades, generations? UTUSN Oct 2022 #10

No. If things get "much, much worse" then they will never get better than we've got it now. RockRaven Oct 2022 #11

My feelings on the subject vary day by day. royable Oct 2022 #13

Exactly! pazzyanne Oct 2022 #18

Why would anyone feel like this? We are about to Roe your vote in Roevember? Right!? We should kelly1mm Oct 2022 #14

Yes markodochartaigh Oct 2022 #19

Yes SoCalDavidS Oct 2022 #20

I am trying with effort not to get caught in any BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #22

Welcome to the Age of Kali Durga, vlyons Oct 2022 #23

"Degenerate times" spot on. harumph Oct 2022 #33

The rich oligarchs can afford to ignore climate change vlyons Oct 2022 #34

The western democracies are falling to fascism. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2022 #24

Correct Cosmocat Oct 2022 #28

Things will get much worse by virtue of the fact America is on Planet Earth. eShirl Oct 2022 #25

Yes, threads like this one show that people don't take climate change seriously. Kaleva Oct 2022 #27

With catastrophic climate change approaching, the situation will not get better Kaleva Oct 2022 #26

We can mitigate climate change effects with Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #36

True but how many people you know are doing that? Kaleva Oct 2022 #38

I'm planning on moving out of Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #39

I'm not an expert but I think you have a very good plan Kaleva Oct 2022 #41

It's only a matter of how bad it's going to get Cosmocat Oct 2022 #29

anti-christ ananda Oct 2022 #30

Only if the worst case scenario happens. betsuni Oct 2022 #31

One of my biggest fears... kentuck Oct 2022 #32

I didn't feel that way when I disconnected from the news over the summer... Chakaconcarne Oct 2022 #35

I'm gonna disconnect after the midterms regardless who wins. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #40

Only if the GOP takes over after the midterms LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #37

I hope you are wrong too! Emile Oct 2022 #42