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There is no pragmatism nor politics without emotion. Emotion is why we care to do anything at all in the first place, and is a fundamental part of being human and identifying what's important to us. Irrational emotion, on the other hand, is perhaps what you're implying she is expressing, in which case I disagree. I find her emotions exactly prudent and commensurate.

> Emotion-driven politics.

You must be talking about the people not reacting to the science: fear of acting, denial, complacency.

Or as we commonly call it: politics.

All politics is emotion driven.

Not the parent, but this really doesn't sound right at all.

If you ever participated in a town hall meeting you'll see that half of it is very bureaucratic formalities and slow convergence on a very technical level. At least here in Germany.

I don't think that changes a lot "higher up".

Even if, this example is so much over the top, you could call it totally obvious and extremely emotional politics.

There is always a place for emotion in politics. It takes more than hard rationality to manage a population.