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[–] 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Get big money out of politics and you'll get climate change as an issue with potential.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Here we are bickering about AIPAC buying our politicians but its more of a time share with big oil, big ag, and wallstreet.

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  • it's all of those things and many more big money interests.

    There's some competition, but regulatory capture is de facto.

    It's exacerbated whenever conservatives control the legislature and executive, and obviously wildly out of control now that the supreme court is partisan from F society's scheming in lockstep with the rest. I don't understand how attempting to undermine and overthrow the constitution does not have any consequences when done so openly, but here we are.

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  • [–] 35 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    When people understand that the Democrats are not our friends and take the same corporate PAC money as the Republicans, we might start seeing change in this country.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    I feel like what we need for people to understand this is for non-politicians to start running for election.

    I don't know how that gets fixed when everyone who understands what's happening is being crushed by what's happening.

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago

    The Democrats position makes no sense if you think of them as an independent party trying to win vs the Republicans, but makes perfect sense if you think of them of the branch of the US political establishment meant to suppress leftist organization:

    But there’s no hard evidence that discussing climate change hurts Democrats in elections, Mildenberger and other experts told Grist. If anything, it rewards candidates with a modest boost among voters, studies and surveys show.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    "The world is on fire, but we are not going to do anything about it!"

    "Why have younger generations mentally checked out?"

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    More neoliberal news telling democrats to suck and be worthless to appeal to the mythical swing voters.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    Once again.

    Dems to strategists 6 months ago: ONLY TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY

    I actually agree at this juncture.

    Now: "Democrats aren't talking about anything other than the economy"

    Well, yeah, that's the point tho. For once they're actually on message.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

    Let's talk again in December

    Also, the climate is what allows us to have food, not "the economy"

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    [–] 22 points 5 months ago*

    For the same reason so many of them unconditionally support Israel, despite their horrifying and genocidal behavior

    gimme da casssssshhhhhhhhh

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The secret ingredient is BRIBES.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    They keep listening to McKinsey for some fucking reason

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    This is kinda dumb. Yes as the facist takeover of the country has progressed they don't talk about it as much but that is because we have to kick them out and then refill agencies with qualified people again. Heck we got to get to back to actually measuring and publishing things.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    There is a line of thought that politicians are smart and know what is what. When you listen to them you realise that may be less than average intelligence.

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