Shades on Nostr: by #AdamMcKay in #Jacobin: "The 'calm down' set fancy themselves professional and ...
by #AdamMcKay in #Jacobin:
"The 'calm down' set fancy themselves professional and sober-minded, a tasteful levee protecting the marvel of our civilization from the uninformed and hysterical masses.
"The 'calm down' person’s business is the business as usual.
"They defend the status quo with a practiced rueful resignation: 'Believe me, I wish things were different too, but it’s just the way things are.' Only :the way things are' is on an historic and murderous losing streak.
"They love to second guess the 'strategies' of those who are trying to actively change or challenge the 'way things are.'
“'Isn’t that kind of approach counterproductive?: the 'calm down' type will ask...
"When you express alarm about how rapidly the climate is warming, the 'calm down' crowd will correct you with the most remedial facts. They believe that for you to be so bothered when they are not, there must be a fundamental misunderstanding on your part."
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/calm-down-narrative-climate-change-crisis-oil-industry-environment
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #climate #environment
"The 'calm down' set fancy themselves professional and sober-minded, a tasteful levee protecting the marvel of our civilization from the uninformed and hysterical masses.
"The 'calm down' person’s business is the business as usual.
"They defend the status quo with a practiced rueful resignation: 'Believe me, I wish things were different too, but it’s just the way things are.' Only :the way things are' is on an historic and murderous losing streak.
"They love to second guess the 'strategies' of those who are trying to actively change or challenge the 'way things are.'
“'Isn’t that kind of approach counterproductive?: the 'calm down' type will ask...
"When you express alarm about how rapidly the climate is warming, the 'calm down' crowd will correct you with the most remedial facts. They believe that for you to be so bothered when they are not, there must be a fundamental misunderstanding on your part."
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/calm-down-narrative-climate-change-crisis-oil-industry-environment
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #climate #environment