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Policies have institutional inertia. International accords can be broken, numerous polluting plants and pipelines built, and irreversible environmental damage c
by defined 9y ago
Policies have institutional inertia. International accords can be broken, numerous polluting plants and pipelines built, and irreversible environmental damage can be done in four years. It's a matter of rolling back the effects of the policies that may take decades (or never, if the environment is pushed past the point of no return).
- ReligiousFlames 9y agoThe danger of a supermajority in COTUS, POTUS and SCOTUS is alt-right and Freedom Party extremist agendas being railroaded through and ripping up sensible, sane policies into tatters for those special interest$ and crazy fringe groups. Two healthy political parties provide countervailing powers which limit what the other can do. Without this protection, fascist themes become more prevalent and more difficult to stop.
- defined 9y agoDid you mean to reply to the parent comment rather than mine? It seems more relevant:)