@Lacertko US narrative: “The brutal savages who run the totalitarian regimes in China and Russia are just blatantly murdering civilians & foreigners who speak up.”
“And… basically anyone who speaks up against our supremacy will be locked up, murdered, taken care of. We have authority.”
Tuesday Best of TGS short clips from Simon Michaux (Part 1) on mineral limitations constraining our energy futures. (New conversation w Simon 'A Map to Arcadia' being recorded next week):
https://t.co/aBwTu5q69K
@Lacertko The context is missing, complexity of what was negotiated after the fall of Soviet Union and a series of significant escalations.
Russia isn’t a blameless actor or a victim here, but context is completely ignored in the US.
Easier to see evil in someone else than in the mirror
@ClimateAdam In Bangladesh, CO2 emissions per capita is 0.62 tons per year.
In the U.S., it’s 14.24 tons or 23x higher than the Bengalis.
This isn’t about 7 or 10 bill ppl. This is about lives built around cars, sprawl, & cattle.
How many billions are you willing to sac for a new car?
@ninaturner Smart Phones are an essential utility for functioning in the 21st century. TVs often help with childcare and just living too.
BUT THE SHOES! And the SODA!!!
It’s like they want tenement style living with no worker protections…
@amywestervelt Best/saddest advice my college journalism advisor gave me when I wanted to go into print in the mid-2000s was “don’t do it, the jobs are dying.”
I am forever sad about it, because I love it. I write some freelance that pays ok on the side, but no idea how y’all make it work $$$.
@McAffee Neoliberalism is rooted in extraction and exploitation and excess. Everything else is branding.
And yes it’s now leading to the worst kind of positive feedback loops in the natural world.
@the_transit_guy I only know US cities well, so I’m gonna say my hometown of Chicago.
If someone were to compile a rating system based on Cost of Living / Access to Public Transit / Access to Open Park spaces, Chicago would most definitely first in the US.
@GeorgeMonbiot Unfortunately these products use veggie proteins that my body can’t process and make me sick. Beans and tofu are similar to me. Insect protein is honestly a thing I’d be interested in, and I’ve had crickets before and was fine. Maybe there’s an aversion, but we need to varieties.
This moment is one of the many big big highlights from the first year of The Great Simplification podcast.
Thank you @NJHagens for your work.
Absolutely love your podcast.
1/3 I learned much in 22 about 'the world' from my guests, but I also learned about 'my guests'. At this time of upheaval, with the Superorganism in charge, we can't impose our will on the SYSTEM, but CAN impose it on our own lives. Else aside, Daniel walks his talk, in many ways
I am disappointed, but no longer surprised that so many people think climate is pretty much the only ecological crisis we need to address, and support contributing to the others (habitat destruction) to fix this singular problem. It is not scientific at all.