We're the only species on the planet that relies on a finite resource in order to function as a society.
Show me just one member of Extinction Rebellion who does not rely on fossil fuels or the byproducts of fossil fuels in some way or another.
It doesn't matter how many hearts and minds you think you're winning by disrupting people's morning commute. It doesn't matter how people 'organise' themselves. We've reached a point in our civilisation where we can no longer function without the aid of crude oil. No amount of boycotting plastic straws will change that.
As Da5id says, the only way to make a true, meaningful contribution the welfare of our planet is to stop making more people. We're an inherently selfish species. We always have been, and we always will be. It's just how it is. Extinction Rebellion seem to be under the illusion that they can change human nature. They can't. We'll all be dead from a Global Resource Conflict/major pandemic/singularity long before we can even come close to causing some kind of permanent damage to our planet, anyway.
(, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 16:45, Reply)
I can't wait for eco-terrorists to be the new jihadis.
"People are killing the planet, so we'll save the planet by killing as many humans as we can."
(, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 17:09, Reply)
Nah.
But I forgive you for reproducing. The carbon footprint of their children isn't often something a prospective parent considers.
(, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 17:23, Reply)
It's not blame or forgiving
It's not about the actions of the individual living inside a toxic system.
People often do things because they have little or no choice.
It's about collectively getting together and standing up to make the system change.
(ultimately that might include changes that every individual contributes toward.)
Because the likely alternative of a slide into natural disaster, food and inhabitable land shortages, mass migration, chaos and war sounds really shit.
(, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 19:44, Reply)
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(, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 18:55, Reply)