silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHarris’s New Strategy: Equate Fighting Climate Change With ‘Freedom’ | The Harris campaign isn’t offering details on climate policy but is framing fight to protect the environment as one of patriotismwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down15cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyzclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkHarris’s New Strategy: Equate Fighting Climate Change With ‘Freedom’ | The Harris campaign isn’t offering details on climate policy but is framing fight to protect the environment as one of patriotismwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyzclimate@slrpnk.net
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoOMG patriotism doesn’t have to involve treason
minus-squareK1nsey6@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoNo, but it does involve blind loyalty, which allows politicians to get away with a bunch of shit
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoLol no. Remember here: Democrats just forced a sitting President to not run for re-election
minus-squareK1nsey6@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoThe donor class forced a sitting president to not run for re election…
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoHe could have told the big money folks to piss off if he had popular support. He didn’t
minus-squareK1nsey6@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoHe didn’t have popular support.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoExactly what I was saying, though I had a typo where I substituted “of” for “if”
OMG patriotism doesn’t have to involve treason
No, but it does involve blind loyalty, which allows politicians to get away with a bunch of shit
Lol no. Remember here: Democrats just forced a sitting President to not run for re-election
The donor class forced a sitting president to not run for re election…
He could have told the big money folks to piss off if he had popular support. He didn’t
He didn’t have popular support.
Exactly what I was saying, though I had a typo where I substituted “of” for “if”