The Left is doing it wrong.

We need to stop calling it the green New Deal; and call it the Patriot Power Act.

We’re not trying to go green or “Woke”. No! We’re making ’Merca energy independent! We’ll stop importing oil from the tourist countries! And be energy self sufficient!

—BRANDING!!

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    11 months ago

    That is just not how it works. I wish it was, but someone will always make literally whatever political

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      11 months ago

      As long as money can control politics it will. Post scarcity might fix it someday, but so many things have to happen before then—that will disadvantage vested interests—that it’s hard to imagine humanity making it there.

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      11 months ago

      Need to get rid of first past the post voting. It incentives two polarized parties. Maybe ranked choice instead?

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      11 months ago

      Online, there’s always this division and blame on either the left or right. In my real life experience amongst friends, people are more willing to have a normal conversation about different opinions without all the outrage like I see online.