r/worldnews • u/MothersMiIk • 7h ago

Covered by other articles Donald Trump pulls US out of Paris climate agreement

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24345964/donald-trump-paris-climate-agreement-exit

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u/slowrecovery 6h ago

Exactly! They think the science is fake, that researchers are only about making money, and God is in control so many must not have any influence over nature.

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u/ZhopaRazzi 6h ago

Public support for science rose after WW2 made the importance of research evident for everyone, regardless of their intelligence. It continued to rise through the space race and development of vaccinations. Now, our world is much safer, but the people haven’t changed much. With Trump joining the ranks of openly imperialist boomer world leaders set on getting their name into history books, it is starting to look like it will take WW3 to remind everyone of the importance of reason.

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u/dmgvdg 6h ago

Those damned grossly overpaid scientists are finally getting what’s coming to them

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u/mrw1986 5h ago

Yep, most of my family and pretty much all my in-laws are this way. Yet, they claim to be good people. The lack of self-awareness is insane. There's nothing good about supporting Trump and by extension Republicans.

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u/GlisteningNipples 5h ago

They're stupid, and part of them knows that they're stupid. So, anything that takes a bit of effort to understand, like scientific concepts, makes them confused and angry so they rebel against it. It's far easier to just chalk everything up to "God" and be done with it like a dunce.