Snowpocalypse and Cancungate

[tap2390]

Both sides are politicizing this, but to place the blame equally at the feet of each is false equivalency. One side has dominated Texas politics for decades now. During that time Texas has seen unprecedented growth and economic opportunity, true. During that time Texas should have modernized its infrastructure and electrical grid, also true.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by tap2390

Both sides are politicizing this, but to place the blame equally at the feet of each is false equivalency. One side has dominated Texas politics for decades now. During that time Texas has seen unprecedented growth and economic opportunity, true. During that time Texas should have modernized its infrastructure and electrical grid, also true.

We deserve it. We elect idiots who politicize and disregard good people who actually want to do the right thing.

Updating the grid is not sexy and it costs money so lobbyists lobby our politicians against it.

We got ourselves this broken government and we deserve it.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

We deserve it. We elect idiots who politicize and disregard good people who actually want to do the right thing.

Updating the grid is not sexy and it costs money so lobbyists lobby our politicians against it.

We got ourselves this broken government and we deserve it.

SMH. I fear you're serious with this take.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

SMH. I fear you're serious with this take.

How condescending

[FreshJive]

Originally Posted by tap2390

Both sides are politicizing this, but to place the blame equally at the feet of each is false equivalency. One side has dominated Texas politics for decades now. During that time Texas has seen unprecedented growth and economic opportunity, true. During that time Texas should have modernized its infrastructure and electrical grid, also true.

The blame for this is actually at neither side, but they sure are politicizing it, because people lap this shit up. I'm for socialized medicine, but I know I can still die from cancer in Scandinavia.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by tap2390

Both sides are politicizing this, but to place the blame equally at the feet of each is false equivalency. One side has dominated Texas politics for decades now. During that time Texas has seen unprecedented growth and economic opportunity, true. During that time Texas should have modernized its infrastructure and electrical grid, also true.

This.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by FreshJive

It had nothing to do with “the grid”. It was the plants.

It wasn't any one thing. It was EVERYTHING. It was a complete lack of preparation on every single level for freezing cold. In that sense, it had everything to do with the grid.