This is Virginia but it's true everywhere. If you want action on climate change, you have to vote for Democrats.
That's a purely descriptive statement, not normative. You might wish it were otherwise, but it ain't.
That's a purely descriptive statement, not normative. You might wish it were otherwise, but it ain't.
https://twitter.com/Climate_AF/status/1600167225159143426
This extremely salient fact of US public life doesn't get discussed much because it tacks against the instincts of journalists & pundits. It's "partisan." It's not clever or counter-intuitive. It's not an excuse to explain why #actually the left is wrong or dumb.
The right's views on the question can not be laundered by centrist pundits into a Serious Position Worthy of Debate. It just resists all the standard clever pundit tricks.
And so it sits there, obvious, vitally important, and largely uncelebrated.
And so it sits there, obvious, vitally important, and largely uncelebrated.
Anyway. It is simply a fact of US politics -- federal, state, local, whatever -- that serious action on climate change happens only when Democrats have enough control of gov't to bypass Republican obstruction. To wit: vox.com/energy-and-env…
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