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The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice (www.counterpunch.org)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/26/1208760054/food-insecurity-families-struggle-hunger-poverty

https://theweek.com/environment/electrical-power-risks-grid-america-artificial-intelligence-climate

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/climate-dries-american-west-faces-problematic-future-experts-warn

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

the first one talks about a trend starting in 2022, the second one is referring to a long awaited grid capacity issue that's now starting to become a problem. The third one has literally been around since the discovery of climate change.

The second one isn't even a huge problem, we can easily fix it within the next 10-20 years. The third one is harder, but it's a global problem, and realistically, spurred on heavily by agricultural water use rights, which are really stupid.