• utopianfiat@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s a great reason until there’s an alternative. As long as voters look to gas prices for their votes, taking action that raises them is politically toxic.

    Meanwhile leftists are literally criticizing the Biden administration for high gas prices’ impact on the working class.

    You want to change it? Let’s change it. Starting with activists.

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      10 months ago

      Meanwhile leftists are literally criticizing the Biden administration for high gas prices’ impact on the working class.

      Which leftists are these? I’ve yet to run into them.

      You want to change it? Let’s change it. Starting with activists.

      I still haven’t been able to decipher what kinds of activists you’re alluding to.

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        10 months ago

        Progressive liberals I guess? The Hill, Mar. ’22: Gas prices lead to tensions within Democratic Party

        Progressives are concerned that high gas prices are worsening inequalities, creating tension between activists who want Democrats to do more to condemn big oil and those trying to navigate Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine.