Speculating on why Americans are resistant to doing something about climate change, Mr. Attenborough opined:
Attenborough said he thought the US’s attitude towards climate change and the environment was not just because of politics, but because of the country’s history. “[It’s] because they’re a pioneer country. There has been the wild west, the western frontier… that’s still there, you see it in the arms business, the right for everyone to bear arms. It’s part of the pioneer stuff that you’ve [Americans] grown up with.”
Righteo, chap. Perhaps our history would be different if not for the fact that your ancestors got a might pissy, shall we say, around my ancestor’s assertion of their independence?