Mastodawn

Jul 26, 2023

Doom is a privilege we can’t afford.

“Some days I think that if we lose the #climate battle, it’ll be due in no small part to this defeatism among the comfortable in the global north, while people in frontline communities continue to fight like hell for survival. Which is why fighting defeatism is also climate work.” - Rebecca Solnit

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/26/we-cant-afford-to-be-climate-doomers?CMP=share_btn_tw

We can’t afford to be climate doomers

It often seems that people are searching harder for evidence we’re defeated than that we can win

The Guardian

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sheislaurence

@luckytran your post is more accurate than the entire article. First the article’s approach feels off: imposing hope doesn’t work, it needs fostering. It also really disturbs me that there is zero mention of #climatejustice other than in the very last sentence you posted. The C word #capitalism is not mentioned ONCE. I don’t see how you can pretend to talk of #climate #hope and elude the very system that is vested in keeping the status quo, imprisons dissent and knee-chokes hope itself.