“The climate crisis is not a tragedy of the commons. The culprit is not our individual impulses to consume fossil fuels to the ruin of all.”
Powerful argument by @mmildenberger. A must-read with one caveat...
1/nhttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-tragedy-of-the-tragedy-of-the-commons/ …
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In his worthy and necessary desire to put then blame for climate change on oil and gas companies (and, more obliquely, politicians), Mildenberger opposes these bad actors with a flat category of “individuals” who he claims lack all agency to remake the economy. 2/n
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But this category is in reality inflected by class and race. “Individuals” is a complex group of people with stratified levels of social and political power. There are individuals in his category with more political and cultural power than he admits. 3/n
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Which is to say that (as I put it elsewhere) there are degrees of complicity. https://slate.com/technology/2018/10/who-is-we-causing-climate-change.html … 4/n
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People with power should not let themselves off the hook because they’re mere “individuals.” They help produce and shift politics with their behavior: journalists, celebrities, professors, politicians investors, “influencers” of all sorts have a unique responsibility... 5/n
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Replying to @DoctorVive
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I'm an Amazon employee and shareholder who, along with others, used my power and unique position to file a climate shareholder resolution. Now there's a movement underway of Amazon employees asking the company for bold, immediate climate leadership.https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1118792867298676737 …
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Emily Cunningham @emahleeSome reflections on#AMZNclimate. Almost 7,000 Amazon employees have now signed a public letter asking the company to show bold, decisive leadership on the climate crisis 1/x https://medium.com/@amazonemployeesclimatejustice/public-letter-to-jeff-bezos-and-the-amazon-board-of-directors-82a8405f5e38 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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If the moral reasons for climate action aren’t compelling to Amazon, perhaps risks to investors will be.https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1119687611667193856 …
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