History Rhymes

Back in the 1990s, there was a huge scandal involving tobacco companies and the US Government on whether on whether or not cigarettes were addictive and in being so were the cause for the rise in lung cancer and death of many Americans. It was denied ardently by tobacco companies and many Republican in Congress. Eventually, the truth did come through but how many people had the tobacco industry already sentenced to death?

In the next decade, the big issue became global climate change. At this point in time, I do not believe anyone, can deny that there has been global climate change for the worse. But we still have people fighting to deny it! Fighting to make sure that legislation that could help stop the problem is not getting passed. And this is happening all over the world. To push forward, governments are letting the environment slip to the back burner in favor of letting natural gas, coal, and oil companies generate money.

We no longer have the time or the resources to deny global climate change. We have to stop our addiction before it kills us and the earth with it.

Here is a video I found via Upworthy that puts the two side by side.