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It's not really that unreasonable that a view like that exists. The right wing, where ever you place that pin, has decided to play winner takes all politics fo
by gonzo41 7y ago
It's not really that unreasonable that a view like that exists.
The right wing, where ever you place that pin, has decided to play winner takes all politics for a long time in the west. The left loses when it compromises in most political spheres. The saying, the left always fight's itself first, didn't just pop out of thin air.
I think the left is becoming a little more hard nosed with fighting, and realizing that winning is winning is winning and it doesn't matter how you get there it's what you do once you are there. And I'd say this may be an effect of climate change and that we may be living in the last two decades where we can take meaningful action on climate change.
- 18pfsmt 7y agoThe US leads the world in GHG emission reductions, and acting like we need to do more, while every other country does less is not sound.
- tensor 7y agoThis thinking is equivalent to "oh the ship is sinking, others aren't bailing as many buckets of water as me therefore I should do less." Unless your goal is actually to sink, your rational is missing the objective.
- 18pfsmt 7y agoThis is rhetoric without substance. How much more should we be doing? The poorest among our country will suffer the most with the proposed austerity measure. If it's a global problem, more than one country has to address it (not just the one doing 15% of emissions; focus on the 80%, not 20%). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution