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In agreement. Average citizen preferences have no bearing[1] on the adoption of legislation. [1] https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/file
by aaron-santos 5y ago
In agreement. Average citizen preferences have no bearing[1] on the adoption of legislation.
[1] https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fi...
- shakezula 5y agoI frequently try to express this to people and I don't know how to get it across sometimes. Our representative republic has been so clogged up by corporate interests that we can't even pass infrastructure that would benefit most of those same corporate interests at this point. I have basically zero faith that we will be able to address climate change in any meaningful way.