Gore ran on environmentalism. And bam he lost the election.
So what did Obama learn? That it was a losing topic. Don’t touch it. And he won.
Hilary said maybe now is the time. When she said she would have a map room she declared war on climate change. And what happened? Bam lost the election.
So what did Biden learn? Stay away from it. Don’t touch it. And he won.
But Biden did Green Energy anyway. And what did polls say? That he was going to lose.
So what did Kamala learn? You get no thanks for environmental policy. Don’t touch it.
And what won the election? The price of eggs, “It’s the economy, stupid".
So on to my point: You’re talking is if the Dems had an overwhelming mandate from the people for environmentalism. They didn’t. They never have. They likely never will. Every time they even look at environmentalism, they lose. Every. Single. Time. But you’re here holding them to the gold platinum standard. The people have spoken and they say: “don’t do it.” You want them to be a pitbull on the topic, when the people have said “don’t do it, we don’t want it”. Do you see the dichotomy here? They aren’t elected to do it, and then you ask “Why didn’t they do the gold platinum standard?” Do you realize this? What we got from them, when they lose every single time on it, is not bad. Want more? Then they have not lose every single time it comes up. (And inb4 Lemmy’s famous misreading, I want more. I want a ton more. But I see that they lose every single time on it.)
*This is probably my only reply because frankly if you think they had this overwhelming mandate to run to the platinum standard, well you reallllly need to realize the dichotomy of what we on lemmy want vs what the people elect them to do. Again: They didn’t have a mandate. They never have. They likely never will. Again, I want it, but I see they didn’t have it and that they lose every single time on it.
This, and also the O&G companies have a lot of money. Citizens United says they have every right to use as much of it as they want during campaign season. So you promise a modern, prosperous future and the scared, EXTREMELY wealthy, buggy whip manufacturers will do everything in their power to prevent that future from happening.
Ok I’m gonna have to set the stage first.
Gore ran on environmentalism. And bam he lost the election.
So what did Obama learn? That it was a losing topic. Don’t touch it. And he won.
Hilary said maybe now is the time. When she said she would have a map room she declared war on climate change. And what happened? Bam lost the election.
So what did Biden learn? Stay away from it. Don’t touch it. And he won.
But Biden did Green Energy anyway. And what did polls say? That he was going to lose.
So what did Kamala learn? You get no thanks for environmental policy. Don’t touch it.
And what won the election? The price of eggs, “It’s the economy, stupid".
So on to my point: You’re talking is if the Dems had an overwhelming mandate from the people for environmentalism. They didn’t. They never have. They likely never will. Every time they even look at environmentalism, they lose. Every. Single. Time. But you’re here holding them to the
goldplatinum standard. The people have spoken and they say: “don’t do it.” You want them to be a pitbull on the topic, when the people have said “don’t do it, we don’t want it”. Do you see the dichotomy here? They aren’t elected to do it, and then you ask “Why didn’t they do thegoldplatinum standard?” Do you realize this? What we got from them, when they lose every single time on it, is not bad. Want more? Then they have not lose every single time it comes up. (And inb4 Lemmy’s famous misreading, I want more. I want a ton more. But I see that they lose every single time on it.)*This is probably my only reply because frankly if you think they had this overwhelming mandate to run to the platinum standard, well you reallllly need to realize the dichotomy of what we on lemmy want vs what the people elect them to do. Again: They didn’t have a mandate. They never have. They likely never will. Again, I want it, but I see they didn’t have it and that they lose every single time on it.
This, and also the O&G companies have a lot of money. Citizens United says they have every right to use as much of it as they want during campaign season. So you promise a modern, prosperous future and the scared, EXTREMELY wealthy, buggy whip manufacturers will do everything in their power to prevent that future from happening.