• Optional@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    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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      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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        Yet, investing in that gym membership and researching better nutrition habits are significant progress, even before you start losing weigh