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littlemissmartypants

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13. I agree. But there should be a plan for that to occur before someone loses everything.
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 02:16 AM
Oct 2024

Vulnerable individuals should have that option. Many want to move and cannot. Even less so after repeated disasters.

We should be identifying true livable areas not just high "risk areas" like we do now and facilitating our internal migration systematically. Because at some point within the next three decades, maybe before, many will be forced to migrate regardless. That isn't just exclusive to the USA.

Many countries are already in a climate change migration crisis because of drought, floods, high temperatures. Also, hunger which is a precursor of war. All around the world it's leading to migration. The dominoes are already falling.

We need a new set of solutions that examine the problem from a widely expanded perspective. What we have now is the definition of insanity.

Take a look at this:

https://alexsteffen.substack.com/

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Telling it like it is. ananda Oct 2024 #1
Bravo President Biden! Thanks, K/R appalachiablue Oct 2024 #2
Clear, concise and true. Joe is still on his game. twodogsbarking Oct 2024 #3
Clear, concise and true. Joe is still on his game. twodogsbarking Oct 2024 #4
Happens to me all the time. Bayard Oct 2024 #17
I usually get " don't try to post the same thing twice or we will come beat you with a stick" message. twodogsbarking Oct 2024 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Oct 2024 #19
I keep having posts that are posted twice Bayard Oct 2024 #20
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The govt should provide assistance to the needy to help them relocate Kaleva Oct 2024 #6
You mean specifically, or just by helping in a way that helps them decide what they want to do? Hekate Oct 2024 #9
The decision is pretty obvious Kaleva Oct 2024 #11
I agree. But there should be a plan for that to occur before someone loses everything. littlemissmartypants Oct 2024 #13
+1 Kaleva Oct 2024 #14
You tell 'em, Joe! Martin68 Oct 2024 #7
No lie detected 0rganism Oct 2024 #8
Allll right, Joe! THIS! electric_blue68 Oct 2024 #10
Someone's out of fukstagiv BaronChocula Oct 2024 #12
Go Biden! Save Democracy then Save the Planet! SupportSanity Oct 2024 #15
In other words, Trump, Vance and half the GOP are brain dead LymphocyteLover Oct 2024 #16
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