that's not really true. Activists & dealmakers have complementary roles. Activists draw attention to an issue, drive media coverage & public discourse of it, and then elected folks (ideally exercising reason & compromise) leverage that attention to implement structural changes.
friendly reminder professional activists are not incentivized to solve problems, they are incentivized (with money and fame) to fight — meaningful action on climate requires reason and compromise, both of which would end that fighthttps://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1111346257195261952 …
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confused re: which part of the tweet you don't agree with - the activist incentive or reason + compromise?
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