But right now, wanting to take care of the climate is taking a back seat to not wanting to live in a fascist dictatorship ran by geriatric toddlers who can’t even string a coherent sentence together unless it’s about some kid they want to fuck. The big question here is: Why not both? Clearly this is an issue that voters care about (as of May 26th), so it's not going to lose votes. This explanation simply doesn't work to explain establishment Democratic candidates' behavior, and frankly I don't understand the urge to look for alternative explanations when we already know they're corporate shills that don't care about the climate. Edit: For anyone with enough time on their hands to still be reading this, the "conversation" below is basically useless (the other person's argument boils down to "you're wrong but I'm not going to prove it"); you want to be reading the original article by The Guardian.