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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 77 points 1 day ago (6 children)

How does he manage to get all this amazing shit done?

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 8 points 20 hours ago

Just do it. That’s all it takes. The fact that most don’t should tell us a lot.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Apparently the button to turn off the orphan crushing machine was on the desk all along.

Real answer is that he is basically doing his job. the question is how come every other mayor/politicians isn't doing their job?

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Their corporate donors don't want them to. And they want those donors happy for two reasons, so they can get rich via kickbacks and insider info because Congress is apparently exempt from insider trading, and when they leave office they get a nice cushy lobbying job using the connections they made in office to deal.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

ie, corruption. every single politician like that should rot in a jail cell. it's so normalised that we have basically one major exception

[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 80 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

He’s probably not on the take from big business and realizes he’ll never get donations from the wealthy. So he has no problem passing legislation that will harm them in favor of the consumer.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why does this literally make me horny

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And then he said “consumer rights” and sploosh

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The first who's actually wanted to do so. So he does it.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Biden tried to get this passed but it got blocked by a federal court

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Assuming the administration attempted to show the ambition to do so, but didn't actually need it done. Obstructionist republicans noted, but the will to finish is probably the true difference here.

Order of magnitude larger effort at the federal level as well, but again, will is likely the true difference

It's almost like the ability to do it was there all along and people choose not to do and then tell you they can't 🤷‍♀️

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

If only it truly were common.