"Those in the vanguard of the environmental revolution that we so desperately need will not spend their waking hours discussing the finer points of eschewing plastic straws."https://ensia.com/voices/individual-communal-action-policy-green-new-deal-environmental-narcissism/ …
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This is such horseshit. People failing to adopt to some degree the change they want to see in the world is an impediment to action. Also, if individual behavior change doesn't do any good, can't the same be said of individual political participation?
Since our culture emphasizes individual solutions, I like to emphasize collective action. That said, the best thing I've ever read on (the false dichotomy between) individual vs collective action is by @bethsawin. Well, she's written a number of things. 1/https://twitter.com/bethsawin/status/1135633563553009664 …
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Individual or collective action? "in two separate threads I explored why, for me, this is not the right question to ask." ~
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Thanks, I hadn't seen that. Very nice specific analogy. I left a comment with my answer to her direct question and a couple related thoughts.
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