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European heat wave
The European aversion to air conditioning is striking, even as heat-related fatalities occur across every demographic. This issue has seemingly split along ideological lines: the European Left generally opposes AC, whereas the Right tends to favor it. It raises a difficult question: how did a matter of basic comfort and life-saving technology become a point of political contention?
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