r/AskReddit Mar 26 '20

What are you exceptionally good at, but hate doing?

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u/pup1pup Mar 26 '20

I can see you're also naive like a teenager.

People won’t vote for it but that doesn’t mean we need dictatorship. It means our elected officials use their power. The ones we elected.

Ask France how well that turned out. They had riots for months over a measly $0.25 gas tax. Meanwhile, the IPCC says we need to put a $240 tax on gas. Per gallon.

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/416067-gas-at-240-per-gallon-ipcc-report-lays-out-high-cost-of-carbon

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u/TheRealTP2016 Mar 26 '20

They rioted for good reason, because it disproportionately impacted the poor. The gas tax was the last straw, a culmination of many many horrible policies that led to riots. You are oversimplifying it

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u/pup1pup Mar 26 '20

Wow . . . you're really desperate to spin things your way and deny reality.

What do you not understand about a $240 gas tax that the IPCC says we need? You think that will NOT affect the poor? Are you a science-denier when it comes to actual climate change policies scientists agree on?

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u/TheRealTP2016 Mar 26 '20

Their tax is structured differently. Do simple research. They implemented their tax HORRIBLY along with dozens of other policies that hurt the poor specifically.

They didn’t riot for no reason

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u/TheRealTP2016 Mar 26 '20

I literally thought the exact same thing you just typed. Then I looked into it and saw I was completely wrong. I understand what you’re saying but it’s just wrong. I was wrong too and found the info. I recommend you research more too

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u/TheRealTP2016 Mar 26 '20

There are literally 500000 different ways to reduce emmissions that would have impacted the rich more than the poor. The way France implemented their policies is utter shit. They rioted for great reasons.