Updated my profile on the cursed bird site to reflect that I'm moving off FB too — fediverse only from here, plus my podcast/newsletter. I haven't posted since 2022, but I deleted a bunch of stuff anyway, just to deprive the AI. Fuck the billionaires, seriously.
Bright Green Futures podcast: https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/
@inthehands if there's one thing that Dems and leftists are extraordinarily good at, and insist upon, is blaming each other for everything
These people have never blamed themselves or Trump for anything & they're sure not gonna start now.
Giving people someone else to blame is a service Trump provides.
There is no scenario where this is a good thing or results in anything but a lot of harm. There will be no satisfaction with that, so don't look for it.
Put all your energy into building resiliency through connection and community. THAT is something they can't stop and is where you not only reduce harms but take back power.
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Y'all *really* need to not go down the path of "Oh, Trumpers will regret their life choices when they see the impact of the tariffs!" or whatever.
When have they ever regretted their life choices?
The worse things get, the more they'll look for scapegoats. This is how fascism works. This is WHY it thrives even as it's hurting its own followers.
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Reminder: do not fucking do this.
Not only do not obey, do not assume there's nothing you can do, that you're helpless against the all powerful regime. Yes,they will do terrible things. But they can't stop you doing a thousand good ones. Get your oxygen mask secure first, use the tools already in place, don't assume it's pointless to <insert action here> just because they'll make it illegal later--that's a good reason to do it now. Don't game out ways to give in before they're even in office.
@Raccoon then there's no need to comment on this
VOTE VOTE VOTE
#gotv @KamalaHarrisWin @KamalaHQ
It is not “revolutionary” to break things. Everything is breaking. That’s the problem.
If you want a revolution, fix something.
@GreenFire exactly
we've made huge progress in convincing the majority of the world's population (even America) that climate change is happening and humans are the cause
Now we need to be savvy about how to get everyone in the fight, even in a small (but real) way. To not be a doomer (the new denier). To understand that everything matters.
I'm a firm believer that once people start taking action, they will do MORE. Plus the climate will continue to apply more pressure.
Family structures will change. Collective living is more resilient, so it will rise. It will be "common sense" to vote in people who will "do something" re:climate. People will live local, shop local, travel less, and a lot of that will be climate-driven poverty, but not all. It will be fashionable to upcycle, reuse. Some tech innovations will help. Climate disasters will exact costs so large it will cripple governments. People will survive anyway, working together.
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@chris as long as we're future-casting (which is my actual job):
there is no end game, there will be no revolution, no mass protest. Eco-radicals will blow up some pipelines, eco-fascist movements will rise w/more climate refugees, but most will quietly be trying to survive. But the social mores will shift: billionaires will get taxed, people will demand governments support their food sources, replace their houses washed away.
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@chris I'm not actually averse to you taking that approach (as long as you're taking concrete action to make it happen) even if I disagree that that's "the only way" — as I said before, there are a million jobs that need to be done, pressuring government for wholesale action is one, as long as you're working on that actively, that's good. We all need to work in the sphere that calls to us and that we're most effective in.
@chris Don't get me wrong, I like the list, but if you've been working off the list, you're definitely skewed to personal action.
And the way we get to a "wartime, pandemic-like response to climate change" is not some kind of linear switch that will flip once things are "bad enough". Movement building is far more complex than that, and this is a much more vast movement than any previous.
@chris what strikes me re:the list is it emphasizes personal decarbonization over activism, movement building, electoral politics.
There is a wide wide range of things you can do that are working for collective change.
Ex: speak at county council meetings about FF regulation, write OpEds re:bills to reduce pollution, grow community gardens, support activists, be an activist, lobby politicians, help neighbors get solar, buy nothing group<--things I've done in the last month
@chris I think it's actually self-deception that any one of us knows "what's the most good"—a million things need doing, pick one and get busy.
Consumers have *not* done as much as they can--I know because I started years ago & find new things every day. I'm not trying to be "perfect" just trying to find the roadblocks: what *can* I do, what are my limits& what must I demand from the government. So I'm very clear individuals can do more and very clear there are limits.
@chris that's way too much capitulation for my taste, giving up &writing off all of the other options because they "haven't worked"—like, we've barely even *tried*
Of course it won't be *easy* but we have to change every industry, fuel, how we grow food, consumerism, etc etc, all of society. That is itself revolutionary.
Violence isn't the answer, it's a capitulation to impatience.
"Revolution" == "radical reorganization of social relationships" that's the one I advocate for
@GreenFire
My addendum to that is: don't fucking start with the common folk and thus sabotage the entire effort. People want to go visit grandma when she's dying but they will vote to ban Elon Musk's private jet. Start there.
I found this podcast educational and challenging (in a personal sense): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-it-ok-to-fly-in-a-climate-crisis/id1459416461?i=1000671615102
What we *really* don't get is that only a tiny fraction of the world has ever been on a plane. Among those, a much smaller fraction (the very wealthy) are responsible for a HUGE portion of the total carbon burnt. Plus we're about to explode common air travel if we don't put limits on it.
It's like super drivers--some people are burning a lot more than others. Target that first.
@chris not just growing food (which is mostly for animals) — they would actively cut down forests. This is already being done to feed the hunger for "biofuels" elsewhere. Plus the AMOUNT that we would need for flight is just... massive
It's really *not* a stopgap solution. It's a way to avoid regulating/reducing flight.
And everyone starts with our current flying as some kind of baseline that won't change but flights are *increasing*...
@GreenFire flight is a tough problem, but I see so much greenwashing with biofuels and people just really not understanding how bad they are.
I don't think the switch over to H2 powered flight will be as difficult as you think--electric planes might take longer. (I used to design aircraft engines, but I'm no expert on this)
The real answer is to cut down on flying--tax the fuck out of private jets (or ban them, like just don't LET THEM LAND) and restrict business flights.
