silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoPoll shows wide support in Maryland for making polluters pay for climate changewww.marylandmatters.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down13
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-linkPoll shows wide support in Maryland for making polluters pay for climate changewww.marylandmatters.orgsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 months agoI don’t think a poll is necessary to know that people are eager for corporations and the wealthy to actually face consequences for their actions. Privatizing profit and socializing loss is kill us.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoIt can have value in that politicians often hear what the rich and powerful have to say, and can end up confusing this with what the public wants
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoBold of you to assume many politicians care what the people think in the first place
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoNot all do, but enough often do that it affects policy.
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoBased on what I’ve seen since the Regan administration: we get killed. And they’ll expect us to thank them for it.
minus-squareMasterblaster@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agomaybe we should change our strategy not getting killed.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoLook up your legislators, give their office a call, and encourage them to act. Organize with others, so that you’re able to deliver votes and/or campaign contributions at scale in exchange for helping to get off of fossil fuels.
I don’t think a poll is necessary to know that people are eager for corporations and the wealthy to actually face consequences for their actions. Privatizing profit and socializing loss is kill us.
It can have value in that politicians often hear what the rich and powerful have to say, and can end up confusing this with what the public wants
Fair point
Bold of you to assume many politicians care what the people think in the first place
Not all do, but enough often do that it affects policy.
so what do we do about it?
Based on what I’ve seen since the Regan administration: we get killed. And they’ll expect us to thank them for it.
maybe we should change our strategy not getting killed.
Look up your legislators, give their office a call, and encourage them to act.
Organize with others, so that you’re able to deliver votes and/or campaign contributions at scale in exchange for helping to get off of fossil fuels.