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      I don’t understand why the republicans want to be in power. Climate change disasters are arriving faster and faster now, who the fuck would want to be responsible for governing during that mess?!?

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          Yes. 100% this. To the public, they blame and demonize “the opposition” and pass laws that help get votes. To the insiders within the GOP, they modify laws to make it easier to reroute government money to their inner circle of politicians and businessmen

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        Easy, just do what they have always done. Just say the previous admin/party failed to prevent/account for this issue proceed to do nothing about it; put in legislation to make it harder for people to vote against them; stymie any attempts to fix it by saying the other party is trying to sabotage the country; and if they lose their positions of power, say the current admin caused and aren’t fixing the problems your party ignored.

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            And the description on the parent comment explains the behavior of populist governments in Latin America as well - polarize the discourse, demonize the opposition, governing politicians live off special privileges and money and they run down the economy, repeating everything to stay in power longer.

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        They will (some already do) claim that climate change is real but not man-made, it’s natural and inevitable. So rather than spending money on green initiatives they need to spend money on weapons/the military to defend resources they have and take resources they don’t. They’ll make cash making and selling weapons and their base will eat it all up as long as it’s other people doing most of the dying. Maybe even if not.

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        The trick is to not believe in it. And if you do, find a way to profit off of it, bonus points for hurting minorities, women, and the poor.