PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoDemocrats block pro-fracking bill in the Senatewww.eenews.netexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down13
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minus-squareMoneo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoFuck those people then. The democrats should not allow a small portion of the population to dictate something as important as climate policy. The only way this argument makes any sense is if we assume the democrats are spineless and useless. Which they are, but still.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours agoDemocrats need votes if they’re going to accomplish anything, so they have to compromise. I agree that it’s not great and I wish that we had a progressive party with any power to it.
Fuck those people then. The democrats should not allow a small portion of the population to dictate something as important as climate policy.
The only way this argument makes any sense is if we assume the democrats are spineless and useless. Which they are, but still.
Democrats need votes if they’re going to accomplish anything, so they have to compromise. I agree that it’s not great and I wish that we had a progressive party with any power to it.