No one complaining is suggesting what they should do instead, though.
An online petition? Embrace denialism? Crypto and AI?
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 16 Jun 2023, 12:26,
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In all seriousness, they need to adopt a *far* more moderate stance
A militant/disruptive approach isn't going to attract people with good faith in the cause. It's simply going to attract people that are excited about being militant and disruptive.
We're living in an era where literally anybody can go online and preach about whatever cause or message they like. The key is attracting the right audience (in this case, people who perhaps don't live as environmentally responsibly as they could).
When these JSO twats show up and cause a scene, what exactly is the message? Who is watching that shit and thinking "Fuck, I better sell my grotesquely oversized 4x4 and purchase something more appropriate?". These kinds of scenes certainly aren't going to spur the government into action - unless the action is limiting powers of protest even further than they have already.
Extol the virtues of cleaner, greener living. Make a case for the change not only being positive for the wider environment, but attractive on an individual level. You're never going to change the world, but if you can win two people over, and they do the same, you've already started a far better change than gluing yourself to the local motorway ever would. People are selfish, and are far more likely to be receptive to how taking action might benefit them in the short-term rather than how it might benefit the planet in the long-term. Who's installing heat pumps and solar panels primarily because it's good for the environment, and who's doing it primarily because it's good for their wallet?
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There's no time for that slow approach, though, is there?
Everyone already knows green living would be better, but we've missed lots of opportunities due to oil's PR $$$ and leaders who don't give a fuck.
I assume part of their aim is to simply try and make people sense their panic. Can't see it working, but I've a lot of sympathy for them.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 16 Jun 2023, 14:03,
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People have been doing exactly that for my entire life
As any parent knows, there comes a time when you have to stop asking and start demanding.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 16 Jun 2023, 14:10,
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