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#USAElections2020: #Trump claims victory & is trying to halt ballot counting. so exactly what was anticipated.
Question is: given that this was his LOUDLY ANNOUNCED PLAN for a while now, what's the Dems' counterstrategy. Oops, I guess they don't have one - because centrists
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Question is: given that this was his LOUDLY ANNOUNCED PLAN for a while now, what's the Dems' counterstrategy. Oops, I guess they don't have one - because centrists
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seem incapable of understanding, even vaguely grasping the depths of the shit-pit that they've dug for the entire world - a situation that is mirrored almost *exactly* in the field of #climate policy, which I know more about than the US, so I'll start there. If you don't...
seem incapable of understanding, even vaguely grasping the depths of the shit-pit that they've dug for the entire world - a situation that is mirrored almost *exactly* in the field of #climate policy, which I know more about than the US, so I'll start there. If you don't...
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follow the climate-issue too closely (which I'd understand: it's really very, very depressing, albeit a teensy bit important), here's the update: we're pretty much fucked. Not with absolute certainty, but take a look at this chart: is shows that #climatepolicy - emissions...
follow the climate-issue too closely (which I'd understand: it's really very, very depressing, albeit a teensy bit important), here's the update: we're pretty much fucked. Not with absolute certainty, but take a look at this chart: is shows that #climatepolicy - emissions...
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trading, climate summits, whatever - has has ZERO impact on global GHG-emissions. We also know that we're rapidly reaching important #tippingpoints, beyond which the #climatecrisis will escalate uncontrollably, increasingly turning the world into an even more unjust hell-
trading, climate summits, whatever - has has ZERO impact on global GHG-emissions. We also know that we're rapidly reaching important #tippingpoints, beyond which the #climatecrisis will escalate uncontrollably, increasingly turning the world into an even more unjust hell-
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scape. Now, there is something that has actually reduced emissions in measurable ways, to a degree that would actually slow the speed of #climatecollapse: massive reductions in economic growth, eg & esp. during the corona-lockdown. It is known ( #GoT). https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/global-carbon-emissions/95937/
scape. Now, there is something that has actually reduced emissions in measurable ways, to a degree that would actually slow the speed of #climatecollapse: massive reductions in economic growth, eg & esp. during the corona-lockdown. It is known ( #GoT). https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/global-carbon-emissions/95937/
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But, as w/ Trump in the US & fascism elsewhere (Bolsonaro, etc.), enviro-centrists consistently underplay the dangers of the path(s) that we are currently on: they underestimated Trump's chance of victory in 2016, & clearly this time around, too. In climate politics, they...
But, as w/ Trump in the US & fascism elsewhere (Bolsonaro, etc.), enviro-centrists consistently underplay the dangers of the path(s) that we are currently on: they underestimated Trump's chance of victory in 2016, & clearly this time around, too. In climate politics, they...
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keep insisting that the same failed people, policies & institutions, those that either directly delivered the #climatecrisis, or have done *nothing* to stop it (e.g. the #merkel-gov, or #obama's adminstration), will save us, now that they've seen the light. & this is what I
keep insisting that the same failed people, policies & institutions, those that either directly delivered the #climatecrisis, or have done *nothing* to stop it (e.g. the #merkel-gov, or #obama's adminstration), will save us, now that they've seen the light. & this is what I
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believe this - the failure, nay, the absolute inability of centrists to grasp the threat that we're under - is due to: they do not want to, they cannot grasp that THEY. ARE. THE. BAD. GUYS! They have delivered the world to the doorstep of #fascism, through decades of neo-...
believe this - the failure, nay, the absolute inability of centrists to grasp the threat that we're under - is due to: they do not want to, they cannot grasp that THEY. ARE. THE. BAD. GUYS! They have delivered the world to the doorstep of #fascism, through decades of neo-...
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liberalism, centuries of capitalism, & the fact that were never able to meet even "reasonable" demands of those movements that always knew who & where the enemy was: the classic trias of #capitalism, #whitesupremacy & #patriarchy, underpinned by hetero- & cis-normativity.
liberalism, centuries of capitalism, & the fact that were never able to meet even "reasonable" demands of those movements that always knew who & where the enemy was: the classic trias of #capitalism, #whitesupremacy & #patriarchy, underpinned by hetero- & cis-normativity.
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(trying to wrap up)
So this is where we stand, have apparently stood for at least 5 years: a terrifying wave of mostly rich (in global comparison) straight white men fighting tooth & nail to maintain control over the world, over our (women's, BiPoCs, queer, trans) bodies
(trying to wrap up)
So this is where we stand, have apparently stood for at least 5 years: a terrifying wave of mostly rich (in global comparison) straight white men fighting tooth & nail to maintain control over the world, over our (women's, BiPoCs, queer, trans) bodies
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in one corner; in the other corner, a tired centrism that is so concerned not to ruin its own sense of self as the GOOD GUYS that they'll ignore reality just as easily as, say, Kellyanne Conway (the dark queen of alt. facts) - all in order to be able to say at the end of...
in one corner; in the other corner, a tired centrism that is so concerned not to ruin its own sense of self as the GOOD GUYS that they'll ignore reality just as easily as, say, Kellyanne Conway (the dark queen of alt. facts) - all in order to be able to say at the end of...
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their egotistical & exploitative lives: you see, we did a good job, world saved (all the while the fires are lapping at their windows).
So where does that leave us? We need to build our own corner: the movements that have been fighting against both the right-wing wave &...
their egotistical & exploitative lives: you see, we did a good job, world saved (all the while the fires are lapping at their windows).
So where does that leave us? We need to build our own corner: the movements that have been fighting against both the right-wing wave &...
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centrist lameness & glacial speed of political & social change must band together, under the leadership of the young #generationleft that's been leading nearly every progressive struggle around the world in the last 10 years: from #metoo
to #fridaysforfuture, from #BLM to
centrist lameness & glacial speed of political & social change must band together, under the leadership of the young #generationleft that's been leading nearly every progressive struggle around the world in the last 10 years: from #metoo
to #fridaysforfuture, from #BLM to
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#EndSARS
, from #HongKong to #Chile.
To be sure, this is not a new "social fascism"-line like that given out by the stalinist Comintern in the late 1920s - centrists are *NOT* the key enemy. But they can only be allies in our fight against the fascist wave if they concede
#EndSARS
, from #HongKong to #Chile.To be sure, this is not a new "social fascism"-line like that given out by the stalinist Comintern in the late 1920s - centrists are *NOT* the key enemy. But they can only be allies in our fight against the fascist wave if they concede
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the depth of their failure. Only if they understand that they will be subordinate players in the new coalition that will fight fascism: because that coalition will be led by young folks, by women, by PoCs, by queers, by careworkers... by those who will suffer most if the...
the depth of their failure. Only if they understand that they will be subordinate players in the new coalition that will fight fascism: because that coalition will be led by young folks, by women, by PoCs, by queers, by careworkers... by those who will suffer most if the...
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#fascists win.
& we must not let fascism win, anywhere, but esp. in the global North. Instead, we must start paying reparations to all those who've been wrong by centuries of white male European straight capitalist (in whatever order) supremacy.
A just world is possible.
#fascists win.
& we must not let fascism win, anywhere, but esp. in the global North. Instead, we must start paying reparations to all those who've been wrong by centuries of white male European straight capitalist (in whatever order) supremacy.
A just world is possible.
