Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified: on Nostr: "As insecurity becomes normalized, survivalists pursue their dreams of off-the-grid ...
"As insecurity becomes normalized, survivalists pursue their dreams of off-the-grid self-sufficiency, which often entails amassing arsenals of weapons and viewing everyone as a potential enemy.
But there is another path. Instead of radical individualism, there can be radical solidarity in the face of loss, as Rebecca Solnit, Astra Taylor, and others have shown in their studies of the communities that sustain people at times when it would be easy to give up faith in everyone and everything. ...
Once the Trump administration starts, magical thinking and denialism about the climate crisis will not only be pervasive in the media, but could become state dogma, as they already are in Florida and other Red states. While we cannot control what the propagandists say, we can control our reaction to it, and we are also in charge of the actions we take in our daily lives to address climate change and to assist those who have been most affected by it." #Climate #GlobalWarming #mutualAid https://lucid.substack.com/p/in-the-face-of-disaster-a-new-age
But there is another path. Instead of radical individualism, there can be radical solidarity in the face of loss, as Rebecca Solnit, Astra Taylor, and others have shown in their studies of the communities that sustain people at times when it would be easy to give up faith in everyone and everything. ...
Once the Trump administration starts, magical thinking and denialism about the climate crisis will not only be pervasive in the media, but could become state dogma, as they already are in Florida and other Red states. While we cannot control what the propagandists say, we can control our reaction to it, and we are also in charge of the actions we take in our daily lives to address climate change and to assist those who have been most affected by it." #Climate #GlobalWarming #mutualAid https://lucid.substack.com/p/in-the-face-of-disaster-a-new-age