The long-term, foundational structure of power, ideology, and public sentiment in a polity. It's the underlying baseline that determines what is politically possible. Are we in an ice age of authoritarianism, or a warm period of democratic expansion? Is the political climate "arid" for progressive ideas, or "fertile" for populism? Shifts in political climate happen slowly, over decades or generations, and define the era far more than any single election.
Example: "The rise of social media didn't cause the extremism; it just thrived in the new political climate of distrust and tribalism that had been developing for years."
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Gerald wants to sell his house, it is massively over priced but in the current climate everyone needs a house to live in. Current climate, current climate.
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