I think the Georgia Public Service Commission election results are a very loud warning sign that this backlash is well underway

and cuts across partisan affiliations.

Fantastic piece, thank you for it.

Here's Meadows' "Places to Intervene in a System" - I think about her framework at least a couple times a week!

Not sure which of her "leverage points" lines up with your argument, but it's worth pondering...

donellameadows.org/archives/lev...

As a reporter, it makes me feel like I should pay close attention to these vibes, because there are going to be many, many stories to find and write here.

Oh and by the way... turns out they were right.

The grassroots organizers — working in conservative conservative VIrginia hill country — won.

The pipeline was never built.

The company behind it wound up *completely divesting from their gas business and building an offshore wind farm instead.*

beyond his relentless focus on corruption and elites having too much power etc, this also explains a lot of Bernie's broad appeal.

lots of people, including plenty of GOP-leaning rural voters here in Vermont, are charmed by his ornery, perpetually unintimidated "i'm not having this shit" affect.