Which one of these two prisoners is the warder most likely to feel comfortable with?
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Replying to @expressiveegg @Cukullen and
If the prison represents the Earth, what in this analogy does 'escaping' or 'destroying' the prison mean? And if the prison doesn't represent the Earth, what is the relevance of your analogy?
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @Cukullen and
It represents the system, aka the world. Not the earth.
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Replying to @expressiveegg @Cukullen and
Ok, so how are you going to 'escape' or 'destroy' the system without first protesting against it and raising popular consciousness. You and whose army is going to take on the military might of a western elite determined to defend its financial empire?
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @expressiveegg and
Robin Monotti Graziadei Retweeted Colin McKay
Sorry to interject but the financial empire is loving these "protests"https://twitter.com/DerorCurrency/status/1129897724793503744?s=19 …
Robin Monotti Graziadei added,
Colin McKay @DerorCurrencyReplying to @robinmonottiCorrect. "Carbon" accounting – not to mention auditing, regulation and compliance – is a financiers' scam. Deeper one digs, uglier it becomes. Wrote on this extensively, in Australian context, 7-8 years ago. Two examples: https://barnabyisright.com/2012/02/11/an-oscar-for-the-clean-energy-future/ … and... https://barnabyisright.com/2013/06/02/money-for-nothing-147-1-1m-rort-of-renewable-energy-certificate-scheme/ …1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @robinmonotti @expressiveegg and
It may well do if it can make money from them, and we don't manage to turn popular consciousness to our side. But that's the point of protest - to awaken and mobilise others, and to test and refine our own understanding of the obstacles we face. This really should be self-evident
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @expressiveegg and
Robin Monotti Graziadei Retweeted Robin Monotti Graziadei
Yes, my whole effort in this area is to refine understanding: there is no factual basis to the shortcut taken between extinctions & climate skipping all in between:https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1125987713340051456?s=19 …
Robin Monotti Graziadei added,
Robin Monotti Graziadei @robinmonottiClimate change is NOT the biggest reason for extinctions, it only ranks 7th in magnitude on list of threats to biodiversity: number 1 threat is#overexploitation: capitalist consumerism.#ExtinctionRebellion or#ExtinctionObedience? https://www.nature.com/news/biodiversity-the-ravages-of-guns-nets-and-bulldozers-1.20381 … pic.twitter.com/xt4xPZjritShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @robinmonotti @expressiveegg and
There's a difference between being right and being smart. Climate might rank 7th, but it's both the most all-encompassing and lethal of the threats we face and the one that most clearly illustrates the systemic nature of the problem with capitalism and our model of consumption
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @expressiveegg and
Or maybe it's simply the one one corporate backed protests are being directed to in order to propose false solutions to profit financially from (carbon capture & storage, carbon offsetting & accounting, directing public money to privately owned renewable energy, mineral mining)
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Replying to @robinmonotti @expressiveegg and
Ok. So what alternative are you proposing? Shutting down the school strikes, telling Extinction Rebellion activists to stay home?
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @robinmonotti and
on the contrary, proposing what Cory & Robin are already effectively doing: addressing well-meaning activists to point out the misdirection/manipulation they are subject to, so that all can work together for meaningful change, as not as the tools/victims of corporate manipulation
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