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.
It’s worse that we thought because the ones that know how truly fucked we are don’t want to reveal how bad it is because it’ll turn into the goddamn Road Warrior out there due to panic and hysteria
But the panic and hysteria are warranted
No man. They just want the money to keep flowing. If they announce a global ecological threat, stock markets are going to crash and economies are going to crumble. Well for rich people anyway. The rest of us will figure it out as we always do.
Markets don’t wait for official announcements. They tend to react to facts, unlike politicians, since their money’s at risk.
No. Markets react to speculation. It’s ALL speculation.
The severity of the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico may paint a clearer picture for everyone. I’m being extra cautious for my home and family this year.