• bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    Why did progressives craft the Green New Deal if they knew it wasn’t going to ever pass?

    Also it was in response to states passing restrictions. They were not worried about the Supreme Court overturning roe. Two different concerns .

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      3 months ago

      In bargaining you initially overshoot so that you have room to negotiate down and you can still achieve at least some of what you want. The Freedom of Choice Act is a different situation where it’s defending a right that already exists.