There were a lot of parallels to today, where there was increased awareness of problems and a large societal movement to fix them
Some of the most fundamental changes from back then had lasting effects, but the broader movement seemed to fade after the successes
Today we are living in the backlash, where regressives are rolling back the fixes, even the fixes from back then. I’m not just depressed with them fighting EVs and renewables from this time period, but them fighting the clean air act and clean water act that were the centerpiece of the earlier mivement
Things were getting better and people still had some hope.
There were a lot of parallels to today, where there was increased awareness of problems and a large societal movement to fix them
Some of the most fundamental changes from back then had lasting effects, but the broader movement seemed to fade after the successes
Today we are living in the backlash, where regressives are rolling back the fixes, even the fixes from back then. I’m not just depressed with them fighting EVs and renewables from this time period, but them fighting the clean air act and clean water act that were the centerpiece of the earlier mivement