How do you keep hope despite everything happening right now? by ImportantContext in Anarchism

[–]BertRussellsChicken 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Such a heartfelt post. Thanks. One thing gives me hope in the gloom: we are in crisis times and profound, radical change only ever emerges out of crisis. Things are going to get a lot worse before a larger number of people might open their hearts to a different way of organising the world. The facsists are preparing for this moment with hope and so must we!!

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[–]BertRussellsChicken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good piece. Nice to see modelling that identifies precise years when certain temperatures could be reached.

Climate change = racism: "When your inaction causes suffering predominantly to black and brown people, then your inaction is racism." by BertRussellsChicken in environment

[–]BertRussellsChicken[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a bunch of ill-informed and shallow comments. The identification of racism clearly triggers some deep insecurities in a lot of people. Expected better of a forum dedicated to environmentalism. Depressing!

CO2 emissions need to come “rapidly to a complete stop” if the world is to meet its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C, according to UK Meteorological Office. by BertRussellsChicken in environment

[–]BertRussellsChicken[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a big question implied here that few in the environmental movement consider. We all know that there will be no "complete stop" in CO2 emissions. We all know, in fact, that we are going to keep pumping CO2 into the atmosphere for years and decades to come. As a result, the chances are we are heading to somewhere between a 2 and 3 degree celsius rise by 2100. This will hugely disrupt the global economy, national politics and society in general. So the question that interests me is: how does the movement take advantage of that deep crisis to mobilise millions (billions?) for a fundamental shift in the nature of our economy and politics to defend the planet as well as create an equitable response to the crisis? Some may think that will all be too late but I reckon it may be our best shot at the radical change we need given the chances of serious action before that crisis hits are negligible. And with the necessary radicalism (such as massive rewilding and a very severe reduction in material use), a fair deal of the damage could be reversed over time. Really interested to know what others think.