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The next years are going to be fun… The world is burning while the fossil fuel industry is chugging along like everything is great as long as you buy enough co2 credits.

I’m scared in what kind of world my children will have to live in…

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It seems like elections only have consequences and never any benefits. While republicans are worse than democrats, I don't see democrats moving effectively in this area. It's usually business as usual with democrats (e.g. Biden signing in more drilling permits). At best I see too-little-too-late agreements with non-strict enforcement that republicans can cancel any time they get power (which is inevitable in our system).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While republicans are worse than democrats,

That doesn't really matter - the problem is they enable each other. They just play a "good cop, bad cop" routine while "business as usual" accelerates. Political parties aren't interested in changing the status quo - but it's the status quo that must be changed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I've had to make sure to include that in every post I make criticizing democrats because otherwise people who've had their brains poisoned by the two party system immediately jump to stupid conclusions like "oh, are you saying we should vote for republicans then?!?!?!" or try to dismiss all criticism by pointing out the obvious in that republicans are worse.

The thing with good cop, bad cop is that they both have the same objective and neither are on your side. It's a great act, too, because people actually get fooled into thinking parties bought and paid for by the rich are somehow fighting for the common person.