• Nudding@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Weird how when there’s a Conservative in charge they have unlimited power to ruin the country, but the dems hands are so tied, he couldn’t possibly have done anything to stop the big bad oil companies.

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      9 months ago

      Weird how it’s easier to break something than to build something

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          9 months ago

          He really can’t. Breaking the fossil fuel industry would require building a regulatory framework to do so, which would require congressional action. On the other hand, directing federal agencies to stop enforcing existing regulations and making internal decisions to undermine federal oversight of industry (aka breaking the regulatory framework) is much easier.

          Also, when gas prices go up people get angry

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            Breaking the fossil fuel industry would require building a regulatory framework to do so,

            no, he can charge them with espionage, seize their assets, and make them fight it in a fisa court where they can’t see the evidence.

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            9 months ago

            So instead of fighting against the system that’s actively destroying the environment, you decide to advocate for business as usual.

            When the lesser of two evils is still an apocalypse, it’s time to change the system.