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Because I'm still seeing "Both parties are the same!" trolls in the comments (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (79 children)

As he campaigned for president in 2020, Joe Biden made a bold promise at a New Hampshire town hall, adding repetition for emphasis: “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period.” […] The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. […] The reality is the United States is already dominant. The country is expected to produce 13.2 million barrels of oil per day on average this year — millions of barrels more than Saudi Arabia or Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/16/biden-oil-drilling-production/

They're not the same, but if you look at the big picture, like a livable vs an unlivable biosphere, then the slightly-lesser evil is still omnicidally evil (and helping with a genocide).

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (56 children)

"In June 2021, a federal judge struck down Biden’s pause on oil and gas leasing on federal lands, delivering a win to Republican-led states that had challenged the policy."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So maybe the right-wing Biden shouldn't have promised with "Period. Period. Period. Period." something the even more right-wing Republicans' judges could strike down.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

By that logic literally nothing would ever get done because everything is always opposed by someone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

There's a difference between saying you want to stop something, vs saying that thing is not going to happen "Period. Period. Period. Period." when you end up doing the thing anyway.

If you care about honesty, and in this case if you care about a biosphere in which people are able to live, then it matters.

It's possible to do things, and to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Historical evidence suggests that radical honesty regarding complex issues is not a winning political strategy.

One of the main reasons democrats lose so much is because they often prefer to take the moral high ground instead of, you know, winning.

Psychology has been weaponized and your faith in the general public to reward honesty is, sadly, misguided. We know this. It's been proven out over and over again, in many ways..

So we can stick our heads in the sand, or we can play the game and then govern to the best of our ability after winning.

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