A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists – who say the move could be inhumane and dangerous.

  • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Hitler came to power because the treaty of Versailles devastated and humiliated germany. what the fuck are historians going to point at in the US that lead to the rise in fascism? fucking gamergate? The self-inflicted 2008 crisis?

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      16 days ago

      What historians will point to in my opinion are two key point in modern American history that unleashed the decent into madness.

      1. Raegan, his financial policies laid the groundwork for the modern ultra wealthy tech bros.
      2. 9/11, 9/11 turned patriotism into a national psychotic duty.

      After 9/11 you could slap a US flag on basically anything, shout patriotism and make a shit load of money while being thanked for it.

      Then it just rolled on.

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      A multitude of issues have contributed to this, the creation of fox News, allowing our entire manufacturing sector to leave the country, and then ignoring the poorest and most vulnerable people’s issues, misinformation, social media, state actor disinformation campaigns, and probably a bunch of stuff I haven’t mentioned. Pick your favorite.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      I can at least tell you why people vote Trump. All right here:

      How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind

      Posted that many, many times, but it’s important enough to post forever. As true now as it was in 2016.

      I’ve been on both sides of what the author is talking about, seen and experienced everything he touches on. Give it a read, it’s important.

      • superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        15 days ago

        I think that this was maybe true the first time around in 2016. Trump was a brick through the window. But the 2024 election made no sense. Trumps campaign was based on hate, revenge, facisim and economic destruction. None of those values are supposed to align with your average rural republican. I also grew up around them and was raised to be a rural republican. Trumps stands for virtually none of their values. Those people changed their values this time around, including more own parents.