political capital, time, sheer fucking mindpower, what's the point? they're not going to listen, so why even fucking bother? the media probably won't pick it up for anything but an attack piece on your movement somehow
it doesn't matter what's right or wrong, it matters "what can you get out of some engagement" that you're making politically; you need a way to not get sucked into every stupid media cycle fight that everyone constantly litigates and that don't fucking matter
she's not even changing her personal stance on fracking, she just realizes the obvious fact that a Biden admin doesn't give a shit about the environment and isn't getting drawn into attacking the (very likely) future President on something from her own party
She's a house rep in a solid progressive seat. She has no political capital
political capital, time, sheer fucking mindpower, what's the point? they're not going to listen, so why even fucking bother? the media probably won't pick it up for anything but an attack piece on your movement somehow
it doesn't matter what's right or wrong, it matters "what can you get out of some engagement" that you're making politically; you need a way to not get sucked into every stupid media cycle fight that everyone constantly litigates and that don't fucking matter
she's not even changing her personal stance on fracking, she just realizes the obvious fact that a Biden admin doesn't give a shit about the environment and isn't getting drawn into attacking the (very likely) future President on something from her own party