Comment on When and why did democrats begin supporting fracking?

• Kethal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That does sound better doesn’t it? If I were a presidential candidate, I would definitely say “We support fracking because we need Pennsylvania” instead of “We support fracking because our campaign has accepted millions of dollars from the oil industry”.

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  • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Any commentary I’ve heard is talking about Pennsylvania. It’s critically important to a win, and fracking is critically important to voters there.

    That said, can’t it be both?

    I’m sure both campaigns have accepted donations from loads of shady industries. Crypto is a salient example.

    Money wins elections, and the race being as close as it is I don’t care where the dems are getting their money from.

    I find myself saying this a lot, but if the left was going to win a convincing victory, they would have some scope for more progressive policy. There isn’t any room, and they don’t have that mandate.

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    • Kethal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It corporations weren’t given the same rights as people, then we wouldn’t need to wonder what politicians’ real motives were.

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      • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Corporations are legal entities, but they do not have the same rights as people.

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