What's a rational response when the party you're supposed to vote for if you care about climate puts someone who made 1/2 a million last year from his family's coal company in charge of climate legislation in their only chance to pass meaningful climate legislation?
See:
- NYTimes coverage of this issue.
- This document obtained by politico signed by Manchin and Schumer codifying Manchin's jurisdiction over climate standards and stating (among other things) that the reconciliation bill will include carbon capture over coal and natural gas and won't undo tax breaks for fossil fuels! 😡
What to do?
- Call Manchin and just weep into the phone 202-224-3954
- Maybe it's time to give up on government and consider civil disobedience. See If our governments won’t stop climate change, should we revolt? Extinction Rebellion says yes. and How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm.
- Work on your post-apocalypse skills. Maybe ask your representatives to start funding free classes for apocalypse survival skills.
- Figure out how to get an anti-anxiety prescription
- Start drinking more (highly recommend Cocktail Codex)
- Read up on how to apologize to your children
- Come to terms with the possibility that politicians are gaslighting you. (See Are you gaslighting me?)