"Compromise is the lifeblood of a functioning democracy", a leading German politician stressed in an interview today.
But what to say about compromise that puts Earth onto a path well beyond the climate targets, the planetary boundaries?
The role of scientific insight in a functioning democracy is too often downplayed.
Democracy does not mean that realities can be freely negotiated. Democracy needs to be socially just. But going forward, it also has to be ecologically sound.
@W_Lucht
We can (and should) compromise with people.
But nature will not compromise with us.
@W_Lucht
Yes, our #democracy does barely know international and intertemporal responsibilities. In some cases, like #Lieferkettengesetz and warm words in the constitution these seem to materialise. But current and national interests dominate.
But any #compromise ignoring physical reality would be a rotten compromise ("fauler Kompromiss") by definition ↓¹
And a rotten compromise is more like a sepsis for democracy.
¹ (the English Wikipedia for #Kompromiss is rather short compared to the German)
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