Thomas ZimmerJul 15, 2023
Hm. I don’t want to dunk on this, because I don’t disagree that we have / will be able to figure out the technological means by which the climate crisis can be solved. But fundamentally, it’s less a question of human ingenuity - it’s about political will.
Show threadThomas Zimmer
I’m skeptical of perspectives that de-politicize the challenge. The actual question is whether or not we can mobilize enough pressure to overcome the political forces (and the interests they serve) that are standing in the way of answers that are commensurate with the problem.
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Show threadspheruliticJul 16, 2023

@tzimmer_history Chris Hayes’ essay “The New Abolitionism” is, wow, nine years old now, and contains this obvious but difficult truth which still has not been acknowledged by leadership, anywhere. Climate change is not a scientific problem. Free clean energy for all would be a complete disaster for very rich and powerful people, who will fight it tooth and nail. It is 100% a political problem, and that problem won’t go away by itself.

Link: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/new-abolitionism/

Show threadSeiðrJul 16, 2023
@tzimmer_history Yep. It's not a technological issue, but a political issue, and the cost will be measured in lives.
Show threadSupertreeJul 16, 2023
@tzimmer_history The machine loves money and power, hates when we take it away. Extremism begets more extremism and we are on a slippery slope as a country. The tides of fascism fall back, then regroup to shore up again later on. We are witnessing the pendulum swinging to the "Left", while the "Right" dismiss that the pendulum ever moved at all from their withering gaze