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The Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disasters
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2025
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“Because the rich make the decisions and aren’t really affected by all the disasters.”
The Texas (and American) Way™️
One of my Favorite line in dawn of war 2 was when they were dicussing why the local govt wasn't actively repelling planetary threat.
"They had to raid rich spires for anyone in power to even notice."
Just on brand for death cultist in charge.
Those civilians should have lifted themselves up by their servitor's bootstraps and fought the invasion themselves