[jacobolus]

For example, in the USA the Democratic Party’s passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 (which took a few years to show its effects) was initially so unpopular vs. a barrage of negative propaganda and an opposition that rallied against it for political gain that the backlash knocked the party out of power in the House of Representatives for the next 8 years.

And that’s for something (healthcare) with very clear and direct effect on people’s lives, where the remedy was a centrist approach first proposed by Republicans.

Taking larger-scale action against an even longer-term threat where the only visible benefit is “see we prevented calamity” and where some of the richest multinational corporations’ short-term future is directly threatened will be much harder still.