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Kelruss t1_jc3ib31 wrote

Reply to comment by sophware in New electric company by shuckit401

I think you’re misinterpreting me? I didn’t make a value judgment as to your politics; I certainly didn’t suggest anything about Both Sides here. Nor am I trying to be dismissive about concerns. But there is a lack of acknowledgment I’m seeing about who has agency here and the limited scope of our choices as consumers. The CCA program puts our municipalities in a much stronger position as negotiators on our behalf, it increases the use of renewables, and it’s cheaper. The other option currently available doesn’t deliver that. Those are our two options, at present.

There are/were efforts to have the State “nationalize” RI’s energy company, but that’s a huge lift. But even if that’s an end goal, meanwhile, with CCA, we can organize within our municipalities and hold them to account much more easily than we can with the PUC. We can push for changes with the next RFP, especially now that people are much more aware of it.

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sophware t1_jc3ncdq wrote

I think you're misinterpreting how I'm interpreting you.

I didn't say you made a value judgement as to my politics, though I can see how a cursory reading could result in that mistake. No worries. What is a worry is the phrase "neither of these companies is ideal".

You seem to have some very good points to make. I'm most likely to choose to make time to dig into them with someone who:

  1. doesn't say "neither of these companies is ideal"
  2. is able to read my comments and recognize that my objection is to the statement "neither of these companies is ideal"

You may not want to see the connection between "neither of these companies is ideal" and Both Sidesism, but its clear to me.

I appreciate the steps people take to be better at critical thought. It's not clear to me that what I'm seeing is an improvement.

We go from "they give to the GOP so they're bad," which is oversimplified and a hot take to "all companies give to both sides so don't worry about it," which is arguably much worse.

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