As someone who has spent their adult life fighting for a safe and stable environment, this is a sad and frightening day. America’s disastrous choice shows how limited our ability to learn and to make self-protective choices is. As the fundamental biophysical basis of our society is undermined, it seems we only become more short-termist, self-centred, and easily fooled
Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. In the fall of 2005, I began reading for an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford.
Outside school, I am very interested in photography, writing, and the outdoors. I am writing this blog to keep in touch with friends and family around the world, provide a more personal view of graduate student life in Oxford, and pass on some lessons I've learned here.
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“On the morning of January 20, 2021, Trump fled DC. Why shouldn’t Biden, in a final rebuke for the man and his movement, return the favour? Johnson wasn’t the first president to skip his successor’s inauguration; that honour belongs to no less a statesman than John Adams, who passed on Thomas Jefferson’s. If there were ever a moment to object to politics as usual, Trump’s return is it.
Of course, that won’t happen. Democrats call themselves the party of democracy, but really, they’re the party of decorum, more invested in politesse than power, learning all the wrong lessons from the past eight years. They’re attached to normalcy as an end in itself, even when the times are anything but normal. If all that sounds familiar, it should. Unthinking adherence to precedent is Biden’s signature. After their resounding defeat in November, Democrats across the party’s ideological spectrum are eager to turn the page. But whether they like it or not, Biden doesn’t just remain their leader. He’s their avatar.”
https://thewalrus.ca/trump-triumphs-or-how-joe-blew-it/