Tekkip20Sep 20, 2024

What do you think of environmental protest groups?

https://lemmy.world/post/19981489

What do you think of environmental protest groups? - Lemmy.World

Examples include Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion here in the UK. Personally, I think some charities are groups are genuine in their outburst wanting large firms to stop strangling the natural beauty for profit, however for me there is a red line that can be crossed. Blocking roads preventing medical care, people going to work, interview and possibly a nice vacation away. This doesn’t really help but make the public look at your group in a bad light. The same can also be said when attempting to destroy priceless art for a cheap publicity stunt knowing it’ll get clicks on social media. TLDR - I think some groups are genuinely good whilst others are just shouting in a speakerphone, pissing everyone else off. What do YOU think?

Show threadsjmulder

We’ve known what we’re in for for half a century, meanwhile governments have kept catering to fossil industries. What’s being destroyed by governmental inaction is nothing compared to what you accuse these groups of (art has not been destroyed) and at this point I’m not surprised that people are looking to more disruptive and direct action.

We’ve had scientists do the researching and informing, public interest groups do litigation, NGOs trying what they can themselves, etc, yet we’re still headed to a degree of climate destabilization where large ecosystem tipping points may well launch us into uncharted territory - and even if not, we’re already past the point where we’ll have to live with significant human and economic costs.

Sep 20, 2024 at 11:43amWeb