Build Back a little Better

With war and a new COVID strain dominating headlines the climate is put on the back burner, along with a bunch of other "progressive" initiatives the Dems sort of ran on. Sort of promised. To keep Bernie Bros engaged. But shocker, EVENTS happen and rearrange priorities. Who could have possibly guessed they would back it all down? Yes, global heating is an existential threat, yes the public wants to see action but these are perilous times and we need energy security and some economic growth and lower gas prices and you got it, no big changes in profits. Biden may be senile but he still knows all about triangulation. Remember the Green New Deal? How about the PRO Act? How about Medicare for All? All big electoral campaigns pushed by DSA, all buried in the ideological rubble of a world focused on Will Smith and Putin, critical race theory and wokeness. DSA leadership's endless faith in liberal capitalist "democracy" as a way to build power has led to infighting, paralysis and a growing malaise. It doesn't help that there is nothing out there that could be called a "climate movement." As predicted, Bernie's "political revolution" wrecked on the shoals of economic reality. AOC and Greta and COP 26 all got their moment in the sun, but the Green Capitalists have siezed the day and the agenda and private equity and venture capital are coming to the rescue. XR and Standing Rock and Line 3 and 350 can campaign or fundraise or protest or whatever. Alongside the "women's choice" groups. And the "De-fund the Police" groups. The only good news is I'm seeing lots of bumper stickers now decrying the evils of socialism. So at least we are being noticed.