Everyone had a least 9 years to figure out who Trump is. I’d be more lenient if it was a matter of months. But it was almost a decade since he first ran.

I know there are a lot of factors working against people (capitalism, propaganda, groupthink) but after all that time, I think they should own their decision.

So yes, I blame them. The man talked about injecting bleach for chist’s sakes. And that was all over the news while many people were home and could pay attention if they wanted to.

I wouldn’t be so sure about humanity surviving. It all depends on how many tipping points we hit and how bad warming actually gets. There’s no way we stop at 3°. Existence for any humans will be incredibly fraught.

It gets even better when you realize the US hasn’t actually formally declared war since WWII. We don’t do “war” anymore. But we still kill a helluva lot of people. Mostly civilians.