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Politics is always going to have an element of self-interest. As bad as the agreement is, can't we agree that doing something is better than doing nothing? We c
by fbelzile 6y ago
Politics is always going to have an element of self-interest. As bad as the agreement is, can't we agree that doing something is better than doing nothing? We can change an existing accord to make it better in a few years, but you can't improve something that doesn't exist.
- giantg2 6y agoWell, you could take the position that not flying in all those politicians to sign the accord (and all the other resources the accord used) would have effectively done more than the accord itself, given that the resulting policies were self-imposed and could have been enacted without the international accord.
- bluntfang 6y agoi thought the sentiment was that personal life/work and politics should be kept separate and intermingling them is capital B Bad.