Why is CNN trying to turn discussions of Global Warming and other issues at their "debate" into kayfabe? Fakety-fake pro wrestling sagas full of heroes (faces) and villains (heels) and their supposedly bitter rivalries. Charlie Pierce at Esquire nailed it.
Mayor Pete Beat Up CNN as Decisively as Warren Beat Up Delaney
These debates have all the competitive legitimacy of a low-rent wrestling show in a legion hall in upper Michigan. There wasn't a single moment that you couldn't see coming from Hamtramck. Presidential candidates were forced to become action figures in Jeff Zucker's toybox. Meanwhile, the climate crisis was barely given a drive-by…
Well, that's where this Diary comes in.
tl;dr Bring back the League of Women Voters. Call it Global Warming. The candidates are squabbling over some of the components of actual solutions, but pretending that only government can implement them. No, the markets have spoken, as readers of this series know well. Government mainly needs to get out of the way, for example by repealing fossil fuel subsidies.
