I actually voted radical left this time. Not because I'm a commie, but because they were the only party left that I could use as a "protest vote", which is what MOST of the far right's votes are. People (well, most of them) aren't clamoring for a ridiculously rigid right-wing society, they just feel completely ignored on the topic of immigration, and that ONE issue is going to be the death of the EU and all of us down the line. (the conflict about it, not the immigrants themselves).
Since we didn't even have a radical left running this time, I picked an ordinary social democrat. One whom I've met and talked to, and who seems a reasonable person... and is already a MEP. He will narrowly continue to be a MEP.
As for priorities - the transition to a sustainable economy is indeed on the back burner currently. I like to imagine that everyone knows it must happen and soon - but maybe I over-estimate people.
The local hot topics this time were economic crisis and war.
I’m not sure what the individual action is here. But I also struggle with why any action makes sense. When there is no pipeline, the fuel is still transported. It goes via 16 wheelers instead of by pipes, and those 16 wheelers have substantial emissions on their own. On the upside, it drives up their cost of transport to not have a pipeline. But OTOH consumers are addicts. They will just buy their fuel at any price. It doesn’t quite work like typical markets. Car drivers will pay for the nose for fuel. They get more angry as price goes up but they cannot be broken. Even a 10-fold fuel increase wouldn’t get those stubborn motherfuckers onto bicycles. So it seems like fighting pipelines is not the best use of human energy.
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