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 ZimmerJul 15, 2023
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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@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
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