Devastating floods both in Germany and China one week apart but vastly a different media response. Using anything to demonise China, even when they die.

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Climate scientists actually aren't "shocked" by the floods in Germany, as they've predicted this stuff for decades.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'm a chemist but I still go "whoa!" when I see fireworks. :shrug-outta-hecks:

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    3 years ago

    Floods in Germany: sorted into the Flooding category.

    Floods in China: sorted into the China category.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Something like 210 people died in that freeze, and it's a concervative estimate.

      But hey, that's peanuts compared to COVID and we're already doubling down in opposition to a new quarantine.

      • BelovedOldFriend [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Those people died from critical race theory and the state government is here to help

        :shinji-screm:

  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I'd like to see a real comparison between the number of first responders who showed up to save lives, because China would put the entire god damn world to shame

  • opposide [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Targeted dehumanization by the US government made the percentage of troops shooting to kill rise from about 20% in WWII to nearly 95% during the imperialist Vietnam war

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Then there's the good ol' USA, where we build out into every floodplain but it's ok because we have paper mache levees (but we call them 500 year levees to make it sound safe).

  • Vostok [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    In all fairness I have also seen a fair few articles on Germany's failure to prepare and respond to the the flooding :shrug-outta-hecks: