Salvage?

I know people like David Wallace Wells means well, but the glass-half-full take on the Investment Bill is tragic in its own way. When you realize we went from Bernie's 19 trillion to Joe's 350 billion, it is difficult to think of it as a "win" for the climate. And that is if you can ignore all the horrible "compromises" that had to be accepted, the drilling and mangling. Green growth is the real "green dream", but it is impolite to nay say. The Dems had to salvage something. Even if it's pathetic.Inflation, recession, pollution, misery- these are just the necessary aspects of capitalism we are to accept as "natural", inevitable, cyclical. Accepting the consequences of climate change plus capitalism will not be so easy. The shrinking Colorado may be the best illustration of how Capital finally finds the barrier it cannot transcend. Mega droughts have ended prior societies (or "civilizations") but this time around the scramble for resources will be epic. At some point the developers will have to stop pretending, the government agencies will have to stop pretending, the humans will have to face reality. No more water. The indigenous people could augment this awakening if they had the will, the political organization, the desire for a little revenge. They have treaty rights to lots of that water. That is a power they could use to preserve Mother earth. But it would involve a terrific, bloody fight. BTW, John Tester got his Burn Pit Bill passed at long last. We'll see how he votes on the Republican amendments to the Investment Bill.