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No one thing is. The US doesn't have the infrastructure for effective mass transit. We've shown to be incapable of running large projects: it costs far more and

by coryrc 5y ago

No one thing is. The US doesn't have the infrastructure for effective mass transit. We've shown to be incapable of running large projects: it costs far more and takes longer for projects we do -- like Sound Transit 3 or second avenue subway -- and many are given up -- CA HSR. If your plan is "US moves the population into apartments and builds mass transit for all" then you have no plan.

aaomidi 5y ago
There are examples of countries getting their shit together and actually expanding mass transit. If your plan is "Let's make everyone drive EVs" you also did nothing, and fucked over poor countries while doing that. If we're going to do something, we need to do it right, which means: 1. Listen to climate scientists about what's the best way to mitigate as much as we can. 2. Mobilize every single branch of the government to respond to the realities of climate change. 3. Make the hard decisions and push companies and cities to follow them. We've done this before with the new deal. It's not hard to imagine that level of mobilization. 4. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE: Plan how you're going to minimize damages that we can't prevent, and minimize damages that are going to be caused by this "move fast" approach. Keep people on your side while making these changes. These changes should come with a quality of life improvement for most Americans. It's important to remember, climate change was NEVER an individual failing. It was systemic ignorance and failure. Which means the response to it needs to involve as many, or more gears that climate change denial did.
- coryrc 5y ago
  I agree with what you outlined. The US is not capable of doing that. There's not the will. Literally 40%+ of voters are completely opposed.
  - aaomidi 5y ago
    > There's not the will. Literally 40%+ of voters are completely opposed. If this is a reference to either party, people who identify with either party all actually are suffering under the status quo, and would be fine with making changes if the changes also take them into account and increase their QoL. So no, I disagree, the divide is barely there and has been fabricated. I'm an anarchist, I've had successful conversations with essentially everyone on every side you can imagine. The problems are the same. Just that US has allowed media to drive a "us vs them" mentality.

by coryrc 5y ago

aaomidi 5y ago

There are examples of countries getting their shit together and actually expanding mass transit. If your plan is "Let's make everyone drive EVs" you also did nothing, and fucked over poor countries while doing that. If we're going to do something, we need to do it right, which means: 1. Listen to climate scientists about what's the best way to mitigate as much as we can. 2. Mobilize every single branch of the government to respond to the realities of climate change. 3. Make the hard decisions and push companies and cities to follow them. We've done this before with the new deal. It's not hard to imagine that level of mobilization. 4. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE: Plan how you're going to minimize damages that we can't prevent, and minimize damages that are going to be caused by this "move fast" approach. Keep people on your side while making these changes. These changes should come with a quality of life improvement for most Americans. It's important to remember, climate change was NEVER an individual failing. It was systemic ignorance and failure. Which means the response to it needs to involve as many, or more gears that climate change denial did.

coryrc 5y ago
I agree with what you outlined. The US is not capable of doing that. There's not the will. Literally 40%+ of voters are completely opposed.
- aaomidi 5y ago
  > There's not the will. Literally 40%+ of voters are completely opposed. If this is a reference to either party, people who identify with either party all actually are suffering under the status quo, and would be fine with making changes if the changes also take them into account and increase their QoL. So no, I disagree, the divide is barely there and has been fabricated. I'm an anarchist, I've had successful conversations with essentially everyone on every side you can imagine. The problems are the same. Just that US has allowed media to drive a "us vs them" mentality.