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A big problem I have with things like "the green new deal" is that they are buzzwords onto which many different policies can be mapped. I think to lots of peopl
by sanderjd 6y ago
A big problem I have with things like "the green new deal" is that they are buzzwords onto which many different policies can be mapped. I think to lots of people it implies no nuclear, and to some others it doesn't. Both are "right" because the buzzword has no implicit meaning.
- pwinnski 6y agoI'm not sure how that can be true, given that it's a written proposal[0]. Not many have read it, and certainly both opponents and proponents have made up things that are or are not in it, but it's not just a buzzword. https://docsend.com/view/8gxh826 https://docsend.com/view/8gxh826
- JumpCrisscross 6y agoA lot of the text describes the goals of, and route to, a plan. It is not, itself, actual policy.
- sanderjd 6y agoIts existence as a buzzword predates that proposal, and thus inevitably the proposal is not the final word on how the term is defined.