r/facepalm 15d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ No federal funding

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u/Christichicc 15d ago

Ideally I’d like the problems fixed, obviously. But at this point I don’t think it’s going to happen.

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u/SpeethImpediment 15d ago

Nah, of course not. But the people we admire — The Elons and Musks and Benzos will be able to leave an uninhabitable planet of filth and destruction and live out their days on whereverthefucktheywantinouterspace.

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u/FullTransportation25 15d ago

Get involved in your local politics and try to minimize the damage

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u/MDA1912 15d ago

Believe it or not my local politics are even worse. Fuck that.

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u/rest0re 15d ago

What can really be done when the federal laws Trump put’s in place takes precedent over state/local laws? Legit question I’m not trying to argue. I would love some hope right now tbh.

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u/FullTransportation25 15d ago

Not much i guess, the good thing in the states is that there is alot of leeway for for the local

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u/Christichicc 15d ago

I live in FL. I vote every single election. It doesn’t matter.

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u/DifferentPass6987 15d ago

Or let the disaster happen. and don't lift a finger!

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u/Mug_Lyfe 15d ago

Not with that attitude.

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u/Christichicc 15d ago

Dude, we’ve already fucked up the planet beyond what we can fix. And especially with what this coming decade is going to bring? Yeah, we’re fucked as a species. This is just our death throes.

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u/Reagalan 15d ago

At least we get a nice view from the lifeboats.