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bryanlarsen on Oct 18, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Guilty Should You Feel About Flying?

I'm not quite so skeptical. We don't need consensus, we "just" need political action. 50% + 1. Extremely difficult, but not impossible.

pintxo on Oct 18, 2019 [–]

Looking at the violent protests of a minority in France, it seems a 50%+1 majority is no guarantee for a stable society.

Finding a political majority is only one mandatory step. More relevant will be to create a stable support in the citizenry.

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