Things are different now. A decade ago (never mind farther back) you could count on your opponents to argue their case, often passionately. Now you can count on your opponent to douse you in acid and gasoline and light you on fire, while deleting your identity and causing you to lose your job because you dared to disagree with them.
These are different times. Few are willing and able to oppose them, because of the terrible cost and the vanishing chance of prevailing.
But nevertheless, an optimistic article was rather refreshing.
Joining the Paris Agreement is a positive? Wow.
Things are ALWAYS different. And yet, history repeats itself...Napoleon invading Russia was different from Germany invading the Soviet Union.
And it ALWAYS looks bad. MacArthur left Corregidor. The Blitz. The siege at Bastogne. Pearl Harbor. Pusan. IBM and GE were going to own all of us. Carter. And who can forget the Battle of New Orleans - certainly the few thousand Americans were no match for the 8000+ British soldiers. It was only a matter of time before the British took New Orleans and, with that win, America became a colony again.
Oh wait...
Now, prudence will dictate that one soberly assess the opposition. Big Tech is on the move and squish Republicans are of no help.
But just as "things are different now" for them, things are different for US, too. There are 80MM voters who are disenfranchised and they spend a LOT of money. Are you saying that those 80MM are just going to take their marbles and go home?
And let's just take a minute and say, in all candor, that of all the Dems who COULD have been their candidate, are we "better off" with Biden as the winner* or would we prefer Hiawatha? Maybe Bernie? How does President Buttigieg sound? Or Commander-in-chief Klobuchar and her comb fork? Yes, Biden is bad, but considering the clown car of primary picks, I'd rather face President Dementia*.
Point taken, but I hope my point is also taken.