environmental collapse

Environmental Collapse Fuels Resurgent Fascism of the #CreepyDonald Ilk

July 24, 2016August 25, 2021 Dr. Glen Barry 5 Comments

The biosphere is collapsing and dying as natural ecosystem loss, abrupt climate change, and grotesque inequity have so diminished natural capital that we find our well-being threatened by reduced material expectations, a state of perma-war, and escalating authoritarian fascism. Charlatan madman Donald Trump – aka #CreepyDonald – is a deranged, authoritarian wannabe-tyrant seeking to demagogue…

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