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Is climate change making Florida's flooding worse? almost certainly yes
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Floridians would literally flood the whole state if it meant that jt would hurt trans people and poc.
Somebody said recently that they see climate change denial as colonization, but I see it as gentrification. The rich can usually afford to deal with the fallout of climate change, while the rest of us are a sacrifice they're willing to make.
I saw a quite and I'm paraphrasing
As climate change progresses, the rich will lead more. expensive and uncomfortable lives... and the poor will die.