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Climate Is Now a US Culture War Issue (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now? Now as in the last 50+ years?

[–] silence7 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It wasn't fully polarized by party until around 2009, when the fossil fuels industry decided to buy off the Repiblicans in response to an attempt to pass cap and trade legislation.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

"They're only 14 years behind the times, not 50."

[–] archiotterpup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who grew up on the early 00s, this is inaccurate. It was fully polarized during the Bush years.

[–] silence7 1 points 1 year ago

It was polarized, but not fully. This ad is from 2008