Dr. Lucky Tran 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
Show threadDavid J. AtkinsonJul 26, 2023
@luckytran I am very close to becoming a climate “doomer” because I do not see the political or social will to throw off the dominance of fossil fuels at very large scale. The reason is obvious — the economic cost is too high for everyone in the timescale required. The fossil fuel industry is also extremely powerful and works hard against change. Solutions to #climatecrisis are not small, incremental or amenable to individual action. I’m sick of the #greenwashing too. 🤕
Show threadJohnWJul 27, 2023

@meltedcheese @luckytran

You're a realist. That's ok. You see the reality but still fight in the hopes that some miracle will happen.

Show threadDavid J. Atkinson
@the_Effekt @luckytran I don’t believe in miracles.
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