Re:Canadian permafrost thaws 70 years earlier than predicted
by neilv on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @05:30PM
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> voting exclusively on how credible a politician is on tackling global warming
"Credible" is one difficult part of that, and the situation is also exploitable even if they are credible in that one regard.
For example, a person or group could produce a candidate who is credibly stronger on global warming than the competition, while at the same time the secret goal being to sell out constituents' fiscal interests or rights in some other regards.
(It's not far-fetched -- without getting into contemporary partisan examples, it's fair to say that this seems to already a strategy and tactic, on other single-issues, in some contests.)
"Credible" is one difficult part of that, and the situation is also exploitable even if they are credible in that one regard.
For example, a person or group could produce a candidate who is credibly stronger on global warming than the competition, while at the same time the secret goal being to sell out constituents' fiscal interests or rights in some other regards.
(It's not far-fetched -- without getting into contemporary partisan examples, it's fair to say that this seems to already a strategy and tactic, on other single-issues, in some contests.)