What’s sickening is, the more Democrats bring it up, the more it becomes a “Democrat” issue, the more easy it becomes for tribalistic and self-interested Republicans to tune it out. At this point, it’s almost like Republicans don’t want be seen as “giving in” on climate change. They’d have to admit “we’re wrong/you’re right.” They’d have to admit that Democrats are not wrong in every situation, on every issue, every time. (We can thank Newt Gingrich for setting this all up in the early '90s.)
Somehow, Republicans have to be convinced or organically “realize” this is a problem. Or, some dominant, capable Republican has to stand on two legs and raise this is as an issue for all Americans. And/or there has to be some replication of the process where Republicans “learned” to hate fascism in 1941. The problem is there is no attitude-changing “Pearl Harbor” moment regarding climate change. (Well, there probably will be, but by then it will be far, far too late.)
But, how can a virtuous, intelligent person arise from the muck that is the Republican party? If such a person existed, how could s/he survive the onslaught from the GOP organs of propaganda like Fox, Breitbart, Infowars, Newsmax, Hoover Institution?
Conclusion: we’re doomed, unless we get Democratic victories/majorities in POTUS/House/Senate. And, then, with a 6-3 GOP majority in the SCOTUS, who will tribalistically reverse anything that is not Republican-branded, we’re probably still doomed.
