#'i cant believe we're watching whole lives get des-' WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN !?
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there is nothing "natural" about the fires in LA right now. from 200 acres to 2000 in twenty minutes, on land that has never burnt before, in january.
no matter how much the media says it is, this is not a "natural disaster". this is a direct result of western politician's complicity in genocide and climate terrorism.
i have seen more videos in the last half an hour of this "natural disaster" than i have at all of the scenes in gaza over the christmas period. where medical workers were stripped and led out of the last 'functioning' hospital - a hospital that was subsequently bombed and set on fire. of the car with 5 journalists inside that was set on fire, 5 of countless people that have been burnt alive by israel. time and time again we have seen palestinians be led to a new "safe zone" only to then have bombs dropped on their tents and for them too to be burnt alive. over and over and over again.
and that's not to play the oppression olympics or to downplay the effect that this is having on individual lives, of course not, but it is to point of the irony and hypocrisy in this being framed as "natural" and in everybody (politicians, celebrities, online LA influencers) coming forward to share links.
this is not a "natural" disaster:
in the first 120 days after october 7th, the planet-warming emissions in gaza exceeded that of the ANNUAL emissions of the top 26 climate-vulnerable countries (individually).
the first 60 days of israel's genocidal actions was equivalent to burning at least 150,000 tonnes of coal.
by december 4th 2023, 133,000 tonnes of C02 was emitted just from the us cargo planes transporting military equipment to israel.
on october 11th, white phosphorus was used for the first time in gaza - this has a long-term environmental impact on the environment, human health, and agricultural land.
every 7 minutes, 1 ton of explosives is dropped on gaza.
by march 2024, nearly half of the tree cover and farmland in gaza had been destroyed.
in june 2024, gaza was declared an environmental wasteland that was insufficient to support human life.
it is estimated that the rebuilding of gaza's infrastructure will emit 30 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gases - every 4 minutes, 1 housing unit is bombed by israel.
in the middle east, temperatures are rising on average twice as fast as the rest of the world.
in the first two years of russia's war against ukraine, the emissions produced were greater than the annual emissions generated individually by 175 countries.
by june 2024, russia's attacks had generated a minimum of 175 metic tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (includes C02, nitrous oxide and sulphur hexafluoride) - see here: russia deliberately targetting energy infrastructure, generating about 14 metric tonnes as a result of the methane released.
and this is just a handful of never-ending statistics.
at COP28 there were no outcome documents that mentioned the contribution of military activities on climate change. not one. COP29 did not discuss this either.
the reporting of military emissions to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is optional. most do not do this.
biden has approved another $8b in arms sales to israel.
the LAFD had $17.6m cut from their budget.
there's a saying that goes along the lines of "when you are born into a burning house, you think the rest of the world is on fire so you don't bother calling for help" and i've been thinking about that a lot today. thinking a lot about palestine, the middle east, ukraine, every genocide and war torn country that has been screaming to be saved from their burning homes, and now the same american politicians, celebrities, and online influencers that covered their ears are starting to get flamed too.
there is nothing natural about anything that is going on in the world right now. these are not natural wildfires, this is the result of complicity in genocide. it's literally climate terrorism.
#obviously my heart goes out to everybody affected and i hope theyre as safe as they can be#but i cannot handle seeing this be framed as a natural disaster one more time without going insane#NOTHING ABOUT THIS IS NATURAL !!!!!#NOT ONE LITTLE BIT#watching people on tiktok with millions of followers put up a fucking paypal link#because they were actually always able to use their platform ! just when it directly affects them#'i cant believe we're watching whole lives get des-' WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN !?#oh wait the victims are rich and white this time IM PULLING OUT MY HAIR#okay im done#robyn's politics yaps
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