A Tennessee Republican congressman on Friday told a conservative podcaster that the first thing he wants to do when he returns to Washington D.C. is advocate to reorganize FEMA – and “shut it down.”“When I get back to Washington that’s the first thing, we’re gonna — we need a reorganization of FEMA....
  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    1 month ago

    I think we should all take a moment to remember that these people are fucking pathetic. You can really open hand slap a fascist. They won’t do anything. They’re scared to go to the fanciest cities on Earth because there might be a hobo. Just pathetic people.

    • LordKitsuna@lemmy.world
      322·
      1 month ago

      Honestly at this point? Fine fuck it. I am so jaded that at this point my opinion is just Humanity has had so many chances throughout history to get it shit together and has repeatedly continued to fail and fall into this small group of people with power ruin everything while everyone suffers bullshit.

      Time for us to just die and give the dolphins their turn

      • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        241·
        1 month ago

        Nah, fuck that.

        You know what humanity has done with its chances? Eliminated polio. Developed better crops and farming techniques to almost entirely eliminate famines. Slashed maternal mortality to a fraction of what it was 2 generations ago. Developed social and economic systems to tip the incentives in favour of peace and cooperation - even with gestures broadly at Russia and the middle east the current generation is less likely to be killed in war than in any other time in history. There are dozens of medical conditions that, if you developed then 50 years ago you just died where today it’s a routine surgery to correct.

        Apathy is what kills us. If you want to die then go get help - personally there are a few billion people I give a shit about.

        • Billiam@lemmy.world
          181·
          1 month ago

          Apathy is what kills us.

          Literally. Anyone want proof? This:

          Slashed maternal mortality to a fraction of what it was 2 generations ago

          Maternal mortality rates have increased by 11% in the US since the repeal of Roe. This is driven by shithole states like Texas, where the maternal mortality rate has increased by 56% in the past two years.

          You didn’t vote for Hillary because she just didn’t inspire you? She didn’t personally visit your state? She didn’t blow smoke up your ass promising fossil fuel production would increase despite the industry clearly dying for decades due to market pressures?

          Fuck you, women are dying now. So when you go vote in November, you can either vote for the fucking assholes who did this or the party that isn’t going to do this. Choose accordingly.

          (Also, you said “cops” when you meant “crops” I hope!)

  • nifty@lemmy.world
    171·
    1 month ago

    So, things like this prove that the U.S. GDP is a made up spreadsheet illusion.

    It might be that FEMA and DOE cutbacks are something both Republicans and Democrats want. Otherwise I cannot think why these politicians are speed running ruining institutions which ultimately lead to economic productivity.

    Helping people live in a stable condition after a disaster (FEMA) leads to more productivity.

    Helping workers be educated and skilled leads to more productivity.

    It seems like someone wrote a plan on how to effectively make America lose its economic power, and Republicans are just eating it up.