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collegecamp293··on Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
Well, the 40% are certainly not going be convinced if the "first United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate" flew on his private jet 16 times to places like Martha's Vineyard since January. Can the leaders of climate action actually live up to their own standards?
collegecamp293··on Change.org workers form a union
She works as a "Campaigner" according to LinkedIn and is 23. What is the median salary for 23 year olds in Manhattan?

EDIT: I googled "median salary" in Manhattan (no age qualifier) and you guessed it...it's $50,000

collegecamp293··on Change.org workers form a union
Average pay for union jobs in Europe is far less than $50,000
collegecamp293··on My Resignation from the Intercept
This is wrong. The WSJ did report as The Editorial Board (means all of them).

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bidens-and-tony-bobulinski-...

collegecamp293··on My Resignation from the Intercept
> That's not how this works. If the editor concludes that it's a garbage story dropped a few days before the election in an attempt to influence the election, you don't run it

He is/was one of the main editors of The Intercept. He is the second person listed on https://theintercept.com/about/. There is a wide media censorship on this story. If you think it's just this story, they are also squashing reports on the Philadelphia riots.

collegecamp293··on Bolivia's socialists claim victory as unofficial count shows big win
"Social democrats" are capitalists. They didn't abandoned capitalism. The current president is an independent who is backed by center-right organizations.
collegecamp293··on Bolivia's socialists claim victory as unofficial count shows big win
Do you think socialism doesn't have human rights abuses? You name China, a country that backed Cuba. Cuba backed Allende's Chile.
collegecamp293··on Bolivia's socialists claim victory as unofficial count shows big win
The "CIA backed coup" apparently worked out for the people of Chile.
collegecamp293··on Bolivia's socialists claim victory as unofficial count shows big win
Bolivia's GDP per capita is still one of the lowest in Latin America. It's also one of the lowest in the world excluding African nations. It's easier to grow when you're very poor.
collegecamp293··on Bolivia's socialists claim victory as unofficial count shows big win
Chile ranks first in Latin America — and 44th among 189 countries — in the United Nations Human Development Index. "The U.N. ranking counts not only economic growth, but also health and education standards."

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/an...

collegecamp293··on Spotify employees threaten to strike if Joe Rogan podcasts aren’t edited/removed
Do you support censoring music with lyrics that are factually incorrect too?
collegecamp293··on Bloomberg pays off $20m debts of 31,000 felons so they can vote in Florida
I thought we were against billionaires buying elections?
collegecamp293··on Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at risk
I would argue store workers have much higher exposure due to thousands of customers touching surfaces throughout the store everyday
collegecamp293··on Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at risk
What are the odds of a nurse and doctor with full PPE dying from COVID?
collegecamp293··on Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at risk
Why are nurses and grocery workers working then? How are they less at risk than teachers?
collegecamp293··on Facebook limits spread of 'Boogaloo' groups amid protests
"Children in cages" happened during the Obama administration. No uproar then?
collegecamp293··on Facebook limits spread of 'Boogaloo' groups amid protests
Grant Napear, announcer for the Sacramento Kings, was fired for saying "All lives matter. Every single one".
collegecamp293··on Facebook limits spread of 'Boogaloo' groups amid protests
You've done enough. People who have said "All lives matter" on their FB pages have been fired from their jobs this week. This is what counts as "fascism" now.
collegecamp293··on Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms
Twitter has opened a whole can of worms. There are several official state agencies with their propaganda PR arms on Twitter. Will they fact check them too and risk being banned in those countries?
collegecamp293··on A New Way of Voting That Makes Zealotry Expensive
"Democrats are against outright hostility and blatant marginalization of certain classes."

There are tons of YouTube videos on college campuses that prove otherwise.