Speaker 0 Our listeners were very interested in hearing your thoughts on the upcoming 20 24 election, presidential election professor C. Which may 1 of the most pivotal moments in our history, not for our country, but perhaps for the entire globe. What are your thoughts in the upcoming presidential election? And what do you think are the key issues that will shape this election.
Speaker 1 There are 2 key issues that shape everything, including the election. 1 is are we going to destroy organized human life on earth? There are 2 ways in which we are now racing to do that. 1 is the increasing threat of. Nuclear war, both in Europe and in Asia.
Speaker 1 The second is by heating the globe to the point where much of it'll be un unbelievable. We just heard a couple of weeks ago from the Ip, the international scientific monitors, their most dire report, cutting few corners about where Windows stand, overwhelming or scientific consensus, if anything solid that is They say we have to radically cut the use of fossil fuels, beginning now, aiming for termination a couple of decades from now. If not, we pass irreversible tipping points where there'll be a steady decline to essentially destruction of organized human life on earth, The other possibility is we do it quickly with a nuclear board. Well, going back to the 20 24 election, as in every other major decision in our lives, these are the top issues of concern. There are other issues.
Speaker 1 Will American democracy survive in any. Rather serious question. It's not a joke. Other democracies are in deep trouble. Read the newspaper.
Speaker 1 This morning. In India, the head of the opposition party, Rahul Gh was just tossed into jail part of prime minister Modi ever to dismantle India's democracy and install a racist hindu in its place. It's 1 case, talk about others, United States is plainly the most important because of its extraordinary power and influence in the world. So that's at stake. And we can continue.
Speaker 1 There are lots of other things. So I think we could have said for each of the recent elections that it's the most important yet. That was correct. It'll be also true the next 1
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