For Logic

You may not like either party, but someone is going to do the job. There is a better and a worse choice, you might not like either one, but there is a difference. You may not think it can get any worse, but it can, and it has, and it will continue unless we turn it around and head it in the other direction.

Below is a (lightly edited) comment to an article in The New York Times about how Trump is destroying clean energy initiatives, and consequently, hurting the country.

The [war against clean energy is the] world's stupidest culture war. Sadly, as far as current American politics goes, the stupid is the point. Of course Trump is repaying oil companies for funding his campaign, and yeah he has a petty reason to hate wind energy, but the biggest problem is that his energy policy isn't costing him votes. Perhaps the Iran war causing a dramatic increase in gas prices is hurting Trump, but his general policy of favouring oil and coal over renewables actually helps him politically. Why? It's as simple as it is awful, and almost no one will talk about it. The real reason MAGA is so loyal to Trump is much greater than any policy. It's even greater than the overt racism. The central principle that ties together all the disparate blocs that comprise the MAGA movement is anti-intellectualism, and the central emotional appeal is spite. [color emphasis added] The main thing Donald Trump learned during his mediocre turn as a student at Wharton is that many, many people were much smarter than him. Some might respond to that realization by working harder at their studies. Trump invented the laughable fiction of his unerring gut that was so superior to the Poindexters' [intellect] he learned to resent and envy and hate. The common thread through MAGA is that same resentment towards people who make them feel inadequate. "The scientists say renewable energy is the future? We'll show them!" Close to half of Americans are people who want to coal roll a Prius with their Dodge Ram turbo diesels. It's the revenge of the stupid. — Rob, Vernon, B.C. The New York Times Comments, May 12, 2026

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” ― Isaac Asimov

One third of Americans fully understand that Climate Change is real and needs to be addressed.

One third of Americans don't know what to believe, or don't care. They feel like both sides are trying to sell them something and they don't like either side.