Tony StarkFeb 12, 2023

Why aren’t Republicans out in front of the idea that we need to build a modern electrical grid which supplies people and our businesses energy in a sophisticated and superior way, increasing American competitiveness in the 21st-century and overall helping everyone’s health?

Is there one single forward-looking idea anywhere to be found in today’s Republican Party? Newsflash, tax cuts for billionaires ain’t it. Standing in the middle of the tracks with your arms folded while the freight train known as the future obliterates you is not a genius political strategy in the long run.

But then, fully investing in developing anything that would help anyone outside their high-level donors is beyond Republicans at this time.

California’s EVs are already improving air quality and public health-
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/23583500/ev-electric-car-california-air-pollution-asthma-health

California’s EVs are already improving air quality and public health

Researchers have found that California’s electric cars are already keeping asthma patients out of ERs.

Vox
Show threadDanette 🐬
@TonyStark Rs, by and large, are also Christian and believe in the end times. One has to read The Family to understand how deeply this has influenced many of them. They aren’t preparing for the future, they’re preparing for the end of the world. My dad- who used to never believe in this bullshit- now says in response to news like the Dobbs decision “it’s end times, Jesus is coming back.” The 1% have their own plan.
Feb 12, 2023 at 4:47pmWeb
Show threadWord of Mouth Feb 12, 2023
@Danetteb @TonyStark This is an incredibly under-recognized point. If it seems like the Christian Nationalists want to burn everything down... it's because they want their God to burn everything down, except the 144,000 chosen few
Show threadDanette 🐬Feb 12, 2023
@notroot @TonyStark exactly! How can this country do anything when a large percentage of our politicians don’t even believe we need to long term plan for our future AND Democrats don’t ask them about it
Show threadWord of Mouth Feb 12, 2023
@Danetteb @TonyStark Unfortunately, even if they're not Christian Nationalists, most Dems are still Christian. Nothing new there... just the continued plague of gullibility and religious indoctrination that respects no partisan boundary.
Show threadDanette 🐬Feb 12, 2023
@notroot @TonyStark Christian or no (and I personally wish they weren’t but hey that’s not gonna happen) the first question they should be asked in a debate is something like: “do you believe in the separation of church and state?” Christian Nationalists will not agree with it. They might lie but they’re more likely to hem and haw
Show threadRichard K Feb 12, 2023
@Danetteb @TonyStark The utter lack of planning for any other possibility...