On: US quits Paris climate pact

[dragonwriter]

> Why deliberately try to piss everyone off?

The best way to sell authoritarianism is the fear of outside enemies.

The best way to build a fear of outside enemies is to have outsiders actually hate you, for things you've already sold as necessary for the good of your own people.

[gonvaled → dragonwriter]

And this diverts attention from the last N scandals.

Pretty sad to think that humankind was not moved from a dangerous path to cover a pussy grabber.