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Original article in The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/19/air-pollution-health-report
61·3 months agoEducation has been tried for about 50 years and hasn’t worked. I would have preferred if it did.
Activism and civil disobedience has historically worked. Civil rights, suffragettes, Ghandi just as some examples. And it is working right now, even if it’s not obvious. For example https://ssir.org/articles/entry/protest_movements_could_be_more_effective_than_the_best_charities
Record sentences for climate protestors in England and Uganda, criminalization in Germany.
Examples:
The real criminals are the fossil fuel industry and the politicians allowing them to destroy our world for their own profit.
1·3 months agoYes, there are some underlying issues which seem rooted in conservatisvism or rather its expression in modern politics.
But activism is not only about informing, it’s about pressuring the ruling class. And the more people support it, the better it works.
The ruling class was against civil rights, women’s rights, freeing slaves, Mahatma Ghandi, and so on. They were not convinced by facts, reason, or science. The people who are convinced by these need to show politicians that they are willing to stand up and protest if they don’t listen.
Yes, it’s hard. But I’d rather endure oppression than giving up.
However, there’s a lot you can do to support without repression. You can provide social media support, help with designing banners and stuff, take and edit pictures and videos, provide food, or also legal support, just as some examples.
Also, the more people join protests, the harder it is for the state to oppress them.
There is something you can do. You can get into and support climate activism.
Well, we should still be somewhat ecologically responsible for moral reasons. But the real impact is dismantling the billionaires and influencing policies.