• jabrd [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I think it’s simpler and dumber than that. They’re experiencing the same ratchet effect the Republican Party is experiencing with their base. Being a lunatic/having spicy takes is what put them on the map but to maintain that position they have to keep upping the ante or someone else will so they become hatred/idiocy mills where they’re just throwing shit at the wall because it’s all they know how to do and - to be fair - it’s been working for them so far

    • Abraxiel
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      2 years ago

      Nah, this is pretty consistent with his general worldview. We were never going to be able to rely on the EPA to deal with the climate crisis. That shouldn't be controversial. What he's saying then is that rather than mourning the gutting of the agency or clamoring for its teeth to be reinstalled, we need to do what we've always needed to do and use workers' self-organization to develop ourselves into a real political force that can accomplish things.