We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave

Re:We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave by wongarsu on Saturday May 13, 2023 @12:25PM (#35929901)

Presumably politicians execute the collective will of the people. Otherwise it wouldn't be a democracy. Of course there is some wiggle-room for corruption, but in a decent system that's limited in those areas people care about.

Right now, a lot of the political apathy can feed off the fact that the average voter is pretty old in most Western countries, so climate change will have limited impact on them. So maybe motivating these voters is the way to go.

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Re:We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave by dragonwriter on Saturday May 13, 2023 @12:30PM (#35929962)

> Presumably politicians execute the collective will of the people. Otherwise it wouldn’t be a democracy.

And, arguably, its not, even in what are perceived as “democracies”, because a narrow elite controls the media narratives (even the apparent conflicts in the media are largely between factions of that narrow capitalist elite), controls public perception of reality and the available perceived space of political options, and thereby directs society even in the presence of the superficial forms of democracy.

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