11.2 million. That’s the number of American citizens who rank climate change as their top issue but didn’t vote in the 2024 election, according to research by the Environmental Voter Project. For context, Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 by less than 2.3 million votes. For a little over a decade, EVP has been [...]Read More... from If So Many Americans Care About Climate, Why Don’t They Vote Like It?
We’ll have to heavily tax the wealthy, nationalize a few critical industries, or at least parts of them. Which and how much is always context dependent. It goes to fund a robust but unglamorous social safety net that covers housing, food, water medicine, parks and libraries etc… A basic subsistance for everyone. Could be a UBI, could be other forms.
Then we actively curb the most harmful activities with a heavy regulatory framework, like, but not limited to ending fossil fuels asap. Nationalizing it takes private wealth out of the equation so a more balanced conversation can be had with the public. Yes we want to end its use asap, but boy do we love fresh vegetables at the grocery store. A sober rational policy of asap, but not one that interferes qith the social safety net.
It’s an oversimplification, but what do you want from a post.
Okay so then which path has the more harm reduction?
We’ll have to heavily tax the wealthy, nationalize a few critical industries, or at least parts of them. Which and how much is always context dependent. It goes to fund a robust but unglamorous social safety net that covers housing, food, water medicine, parks and libraries etc… A basic subsistance for everyone. Could be a UBI, could be other forms.
Then we actively curb the most harmful activities with a heavy regulatory framework, like, but not limited to ending fossil fuels asap. Nationalizing it takes private wealth out of the equation so a more balanced conversation can be had with the public. Yes we want to end its use asap, but boy do we love fresh vegetables at the grocery store. A sober rational policy of asap, but not one that interferes qith the social safety net.
It’s an oversimplification, but what do you want from a post.