cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10713443
For denial doesn’t only amount to rejecting the evidence, he argues – it also consists of denying our role in the climate crisis; absolving ourselves through “carbon offsets, hybrid cars, local purchases, recycling”. And in this, far more of us are implicated.
In some ways, this argument might not seem all that new. Multiple authors have pointed out that green capitalism, not rightwing deniers of the crisis, is our greatest obstacle to properly confronting the problem. DeLay agrees. The difference is the lens he brings to it – using psychoanalysis to explain the mechanisms behind denial.
I read somewhere on lemmy that all the actions the government are taking are just to keep everyone calm.
We passed the tipping point. Where on our way to ruin there’s no brakes on this train and the tracks fucked.
The government’s are keeping a lid on it while the rich and powerful get their ducks in a row and bunker up.