It's a great reason until there's an alternative. As long as voters look to gas prices for their votes, taking action that raises them is politically toxic.

Meanwhile leftists are literally criticizing the Biden administration for high gas prices' impact on the working class.

You want to change it? Let's change it. Starting with activists.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Meanwhile leftists are literally criticizing the Biden administration for high gas prices’ impact on the working class.

Which leftists are these? I’ve yet to run into them.

You want to change it? Let’s change it. Starting with activists.

I still haven’t been able to decipher what kinds of activists you’re alluding to.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Progressive liberals I guess? The Hill, Mar. ’22: Gas prices lead to tensions within Democratic Party

Progressives are concerned that high gas prices are worsening inequalities, creating tension between activists who want Democrats to do more to condemn big oil and those trying to navigate Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We are out of time.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

that's not an answer. sure go ahead and kill oil production, make gas prices high and give trump the presidency again. see how that works out for the environment.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean. It's the only answer. You cant see the dominos start to fall like they have this year and decide "let's pump more oil and maybe some Conservatives will vote for me over trump". It's too late and it was too late 10 years ago. This isn't just a US problem. This is global societal breakdown in the next 10 - 20 years.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You cant see the dominos start to fall like they have this year and decide “let’s pump more oil and maybe some Conservatives will vote for me over trump”.

of course you can. the demand for oil/gas will be there regardless, people aren't all going to stop driving ICE cars just because Biden cut all US oil production. it's political suicide, not just for Biden but for US environmental policy in general.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So on we March to our doom.