James 🦋 Ehlers

Msit No'kmaq 🦋🌎🦋 Defender of Downstream Creation | VT Post-Growth Council | MLK, Black Elk, Gandhi, Mandela, Voltaire, Carson #vteco #easterisland #overshot

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word “tension.” I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth.
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I just entered an exclusive Spartan contest — join me 👇 https://t.co/EtaybdqJk8

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@JeffreyBartley Sadly she did nothing to prioritize the protection of Malletts Bay, rather accelerated its decline, and we all be paying for it.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Population collapse in more than half the world is happening right now

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@elonmusk

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@HaydenDublois Thank you.

1815. First time since 1815 an incumbent lt governor has been defeated. The incumbent was/is an excellent communicator and very intelligent. The voters are smart, as well. Thus his defeat.

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@Graeber_social Thank you

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#overshot #drawndown #collapse

[Infectious Disease Tracker @HmpxvT]

⚠️ BREAKING:

California reports 63 new dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu, the single biggest increase ever recorded, according to USDA.

A total of 398 dairy herds in California and 612 nationwide have been infected so far.

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#overshot #drawndown #collapse

[PfoaProject NY @pfoaprojectny1]

“I think people are going to be very upset, saying: ‘Look, I didn’t vote for toxic chemicals in my water.’” .. Often lost in the jostling over water rules are the grave consequences for health. #PFAS
https://t.co/SZ2lonb3kH

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

Thank you, Mr. Pollan.

[Michael Pollan @michaelpollan]

They’re Lying About Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - The American Conservative https://t.co/3rATP8lOUJ

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

@michaelpollan Thank you, Mr. Pollan.

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

Congratulations, @RobertKennedyJr. This is fantastic news, Bobby! Eager to welcome you back to Vermont in your new role.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health. The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country. Mr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

@realDonaldTrump Congratulations, @RobertKennedyJr. This is fantastic news, Bobby! Eager to welcome you back to Vermont in your new role.

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

Hmmmm

#overshot #drawndown #collapse

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

The emissions from rich people’s private flights increased by 46% between 2019-2023, with industry expectations of continued strong growth over the next several decades.

70% of these flights come from the US and half are shorter than 500 km. https://t.co/g2nFlsHcTS

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

@TheLibProj @ProudSocialist What’s the source?

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@jasonhickel And people still are confused/shocked why Trump won?

#overshot #drawndown #collapse

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

And people still are confused/shocked why Trump won?

#overshot #drawndown #collapse

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

The problem with liberalism is that it rests on a fundamental contradiction that cannot be resolved. It will always fail, it will always collapse, and this explains everything about our current moment.

Liberals try to hold two commitments at once: on the one hand, they are firmly committed to capitalism; on the other, they express support for principles like human rights, democracy, equality, freedom of speech, environment and the rule of law.  This duality is the core of liberalism.

But there's a problem. Capital accumulation requires cheapening labour and nature. This eventually comes into direct conflict with principles like rights and equality. And whenever this conflict appears, the liberal ruling class sides with capital, abandons their lofty principles, and throws workers and nature under the bus.  Every. Single. Time.

This results in flagrant displays of hypocrisy. They run on nice-sounding platforms but end up either betraying their promises or actively working against their stated values. They'll slash public services, bail out banks, imprison journalists, beat up students, expand fracking, coup democratically elected leaders in the global South, bomb liberation movements, fund a genocide - they'll even trash international law itself - anything that's needed to maintain the conditions for capital accumulation.

At most, they may try to negotiate mediocre compromises, a few social policies here and there - some abortion rights, a tiny increase in the minimum wage - but nothing that might pose any serious threat to capital accumulation. Thus the soul-crushing slowness of liberal incrementalism.  Ultimately they are unwilling to take any of the obvious steps that would actually resolve our urgent social and ecological crises.

This is why nobody trusts liberal politicians.  This is why they come across as so fantastically insincere, and even sneering.  This is why they feel so spineless and *empty*.

The center cannot hold.  Liberalism will always collapse, inevitably handing power to fascists, and this is not acceptable.  There is only one way to overcome this deadly impasse, and that is to mobilize a socialist alternative. A political movement that can unite the working-classes, overcome capitalism, deliver real economic democracy, and enable us to achieve rapid progress toward social and ecological goals.

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

@HaydenDublois @thevpo1 Always the humanitarian, Hayden 😂

[James 🦋 Ehlers @James_Ehlers]

If we intend to address the climate, we best rethink the economy

#overshot #drawndown #degrowth #justcollapse

[Alexander Verbeek 🌍 @Alex_Verbeek]

It’s high time we lock up those climate change activists blocking our roads. 🤔

This was yesterday in Spain.

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@busted_chard @PhilScott4VT 😂