silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhy are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change: The common wisdom says it's a losing issue. Evidence suggests it actually helps Democrats.grist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down14
arrow-up1183arrow-down1external-linkWhy are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change: The common wisdom says it's a losing issue. Evidence suggests it actually helps Democrats.grist.orgsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down4·3 months agoWhen people understand that the Democrats are not our friends and take the same corporate PAC money as the Republicans, we might start seeing change in this country.
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoI feel like what we need for people to understand this is for non-politicians to start running for election. I don’t know how that gets fixed when everyone who understands what’s happening is being crushed by what’s happening.
minus-squareMelvin_Ferd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoSo what are you if neither party is representing you.
When people understand that the Democrats are not our friends and take the same corporate PAC money as the Republicans, we might start seeing change in this country.
I feel like what we need for people to understand this is for non-politicians to start running for election.
I don’t know how that gets fixed when everyone who understands what’s happening is being crushed by what’s happening.
So what are you if neither party is representing you.
Disenfranchised.