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[–] [S] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That’s how these efforts work - they start as a goal. It gets announced after enough support signs on, and they get the policies and money together, then they start spinning up the agencies and addressing the problems and . . . it’s how big things work.

If you want to declare something and have it immediately be so, you have to do it in a videogame.

If you’re worried that we won’t get far before idiot christofascist qultists fuck it up, well. Welcome to the party pal.jpg. Don’t boo - vote!

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What I'm saying is, if you want the voters to notice, you have to actually do something. Setting a goal is nothing. Then they go "look at what we did!" yeah, you haven't done ANYTHING yet.

    Another example, all the EV chargers...

    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/05/congress-ev-chargers-billions-00129996

    It's great to have a goal to build charging stations. It's not a WIN until you can point to tangible progress.

    How many built? Last I checked it was around 9? How many are in permitting? 🤷‍♂️ How many are actively being constructed? 🤷‍♂️

    Don't tout all the things you've "done" when you haven't actually done anything yet.

    "Look at me! I set a goal to lose 175 pounds by August!"

    "Can you actually lose 5 pounds a day every day for 36 days?"

    "🤷‍♂️ But hey! I set the goal! That's just as good!"

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