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The right are not interested in regulation. Treating power as a utility is the government overreaching on the free market. It was a left vs right issue before
by willis936 6y ago
The right are not interested in regulation. Treating power as a utility is the government overreaching on the free market.
It was a left vs right issue before the power went out. The right are just in a weak political position because they are responsible for a disaster and want to control the narrative.
- adamcstephens 6y agoThe Republicans control most of the statehouses, while the Democrats barely hold together a weak majority in Congress. I’m not sure I’d go so far as to say the right has a weak political position.
- willis936 6y agoSemantics. My point is that it costs political capital to be responsible for an easily avoidable disaster.
- adamcstephens 6y agoThey’re not semantics, my comment is about power and who is willing to wield it. Republicans will still vote for Republicans even when avoidable disasters happen. There are two choices, and they’re not going to give a shit that Democrats were slightly less bad on the subject.
- willis936 6y agoSo you’re saying it does not cost political capital to be responsible for policies that caused a disaster? Where’s the good faith in this discussion or the people who suffered the disaster?
- adamcstephens 6y agoIt doesn’t truly cost, no. What was the cost to the Iraq war, or the deregulation of Wall Street in the 90s? The public has a short memory, and few choices. I don’t have to agree with this in order to recognize it.