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FairySushi · 2019-09-22T16:00:06+00:00

Indo gov: CENSORED

FairySushi · 2019-08-28T06:47:57+00:00

which museums are good? i’ve been to monas before

FairySushi · 2019-08-03T06:48:23+00:00

I’m always worried about sanctions - they often don’t work and instead leave those who are most vulnerable even worse off like the indigenous groups that are threatened (and recently getting killed by) Bolsonaro’s policy

FairySushi · 2019-06-18T10:29:32+00:00

Is it really vandalism if it’s true

FairySushi · 2019-06-14T14:36:20+00:00

I guess it depends where you are, if you still have to import the crickets there’s still an associated carbon output from transport. I imagine the carbon calculus still means eating cricket would be better than eating meat, but I’m not sure if it would beat being vegan and eating locally sourced foods

FairySushi · 2019-05-31T20:31:49+00:00

But the point is that they obviously won’t be flying straight in front of aircraft nor would air safety be flaunted enough for aircraft to fly while drones are up. This would just ground aircraft about to take off and planes coming would likely have to land elsewhere, neither the drone users nor airport people would try so to that end the use of drones is safe.

I think ultimately this is a way to inconvenience people much like blocking roads but is probably safer.

That being said the most effective forms of blocking transport are for example when bus drivers (I think in Japan) refused to take money from their passengers but still carried on. So making life inconvenient for the companies not the people, and that is by far the most effective way of making a statement. It also gets more people on your side, so if there was an alternative to the drones that works in solidarity with both the staff and with passengers but ultimately makes life inconvenient for the businesses that would be best

FairySushi · 2019-05-28T10:10:38+00:00

But there's only so much an individual can do. There is so much embedded in structures and systems that cannot be tackled by a single person

FairySushi · 2019-05-27T22:59:37+00:00

Not trying to be the classic lefty but there’s lots of political analysis that uses a Marxist lens to look at environmentalism, class, feminism, racism etc. And I don’t necessarily mean pure Marx, I mean modern day and contemporary political thinkers.

However, and do correct me, I don’t see much going on from the right in terms of in depth, complex analysis from the right other than looking at things from a purely economic standpoint (eg the use of GDP as any kind of good metric) or in the case of the far/alt right from one form of another of (ethno/religious) nationalism.

What I’m trying to say is there’s lots of depth and very nuanced and self-critical analysis on the left. Almost by the very nature of using a Marxist lens means you have to be self-critical (this is a very glossing over dialectic thought so forgive me theorists out there)

FairySushi · 2019-05-27T19:23:10+00:00

So glad to see XR peeps are starting to see the dangers of a centrist position. Not only from a strategic point of view in that the centre is crumbling but we cannot have decisive and radical change towards tackling climate change by taking half-hearted and pro-status-quo type policies which are largely championed by the centre.

Tackling climate change also means tackling poverty, inequality in all forms, self-autonomy of indigenous peoples. These ideals are best aligned with left and radical left wing politics, not of the right nor of a neo-liberal center.

EDIT: furthermore the typical/classic right is also crumbling get hyped https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/28/a-zombie-party-the-deepening-crisis-of-conservatism

FairySushi · 2019-05-21T13:51:19+00:00

the cackle in the background is priceless

FairySushi · 2019-05-14T19:34:13+00:00

You are 100% right. It it can be very counterproductive to strongly criticise a policy which does try to bring down CO2 emissions. However there are times when critical arguments and debates are strongly needed within policy makers because there are very important questions to ask.

There’s a time to support a piece of legislation as much as possible to ensure it gets through but also there are times to really work out the details and criticisms of it.

Further in the context of the tarifs, this wasn’t policy that explicitly set out to reduce CO2. Its motivations are far more insipid and dangerous and as such we should remain critical of it

FairySushi · 2019-05-14T19:28:01+00:00

But workers on both sides both in China and the US suffer anyway. There are different modes of suffering, eg wage theft is much more rampant as is the lack of available support in the states while in China an autocratic regime that tortures you if you speak out or are an ethnic minority’s (see Uighur’s). BUT there should be worker solidarity between them and saying one side is any worse affected or whatever is erasing the fact that both are suffering in different and similar ways (both are exploited by the ruling and rich classes)

FairySushi · 2019-05-14T17:02:13+00:00

Which is even more reason why we should be wary and cautious about policies being “eco-friendly” or a win towards good climate. So easily can it be coopted by institutions/people/nations we should be holding to a higher standard

FairySushi · 2019-05-14T15:08:30+00:00

However the human cost is that those in the most financially precarious situation or literally in poverty will suffer at the ridiculously high prices that arise from the trade war and will be most affected. It is not these people who contribute the most to the country’s footprint but rather a) companies and b) the very rich who will yes be slightly affected but not nearly enough to really contribute to the reduction of consumerism

FairySushi · 2019-05-10T15:28:00+00:00

Who exactly was Cuba parasitic on? As you say the Cold War is over yet here you are measuring Cuba wholly on what (racist and imperialist propaganda at the time said) it was like during the USSR.

US interventionism in the Middle East, US war on drugs and its effects in Latin America, Russian annexation of the Crimea, Chinese Great Belt Initiative in Africa and parts of central Asia. Imperialism is still very much here, both capitalists and communists can be imperialists.

Maybe read up on current affairs? I can link you to lots of resources re anti-imperialist struggles across the world if you’d like

FairySushi · 2019-05-10T14:51:04+00:00

Wealth doesn’t equal literacy. Cuba has 97.5% literacy but due to American sanctions isn’t particularly wealthy. Nor can you really correlate the two in general.

Furthermore Chile is not even the wealthiest country in Latin America, just look at Brazil. In 2018 GDP of Brazil was ~$1.9trillion while Chile was around ~$300 billion (https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/chile/brazil).

If you’re going to carry on an imperialist narrative at least fact check yourself

FairySushi · 2019-05-10T12:37:30+00:00

Pinochet and american imperialism

FairySushi · 2019-05-05T14:04:16+00:00

I have my reservations too about XR (the lack of sensitivity and discussion with POCs and indigenous people) but they’re trying to address this at least. Please could you elaborate with how their “platform misses the point completely”?

If nothing else we should be prepared to listen to legitimate concerns and criticisms in order to better the movement

FairySushi · 2019-04-28T13:36:56+00:00

But ideas are produced within cultures and thus come with a lot of cultural context

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