yeah gerrymandering and attacks on voting would like to have a word with you.
you want politicians to listen, you make them listen. Power corrupts absolutely, if you want people in power to listen, you make them listen. It's time politicians become afraid of the workers again, from either loss of revenue or other things.
They never cared. As an org, it's always been about the illusion of progress. They want the Republicans to exist because they themselves exist by getting donations off of the fear-mongering. If they actually cared, the Republicans would of been routed a long time ago. Especially now, they are (or at least was a few months ago the last i checked in) Horribly disorganized and eating their own left and right. I'm pretty sure this isn't the first instance that the dems could of cleaned shopped. There are just so many other things that prove that they dont' want things to actually change given they always choose the worst possible way to try and tackle a problem despite constant criticism. It works though, they get hordes of liberals who will come to their defense of "well do you want trump to win?! They did everything they could!". Cause it's easier to believe the lies than that we don't have anyone but each other and shit is going to get worse before it gets better if we don't collectively do something with direct action.... Sorry for the soap box, didn't start that way. TL;DR we need more than voting and i strongly recommend organizing and building a community. Unionize, etc.
actually, a lot of them do think climate change is unstoppable in some way shape and form, I know cause i get told that almost every day. There are people doing it in these comments right now.
Also, I read the article, he is not ignoring the issue here, and honestly, i think this is directed at the leaders too. Who do you think is spreading this gloom and doom in the first place? Who benefits from people giving up and we just live in a worst world when there is much we can do to fight? The fossil fuel-backed "leadership".
There are plenty of ways to fight, you just can't do it alone. No one can fight climate change alone. Our individualism has warped our brains so that we cannot even fathom what to do at first when we ourselves cannot fix a problem by ourselves. Another outcome of hegemony and our corrupt society.
only through building community and threatening the power structure can we effectively fight for real change. "leadership" (aka people with power who are all corrupt to a certain extent) will do nothing if they do not have a legitimate fear of the people, and that will not come without community building and throwing off the shackles of individualism.