You and I largely have nearly zero influence on these decisions because a handful of extremely large (aka too large to fail) corporations, billionaires and their lobbyists yield sufficient influence over most governments to almost always get their way. We've legalized bribery and then are surprised at the consequences.
That attitude is just as bad as climate change denialism. The AP-NORC poll I cited didn't survey "corporations, billionaires, and their lobbyists," it surveyed regular people. The same people who throw out the party in power when gas goes above $4/gallon. People like my immigrant family members, who all bought a McMansion in the suburbs and an SUV soon as they achieved economic success. If folks on the left can't confront the reality that they need to persuade my mom to care about climate change before they even get to "billionaires," then they deserve the 4C temperature rise that's coming.
You and I largely have nearly zero influence on these decisions because a handful of extremely large (aka too large to fail) corporations, billionaires and their lobbyists yield sufficient influence over most governments to almost always get their way. We've legalized bribery and then are surprised at the consequences.