bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
all the "ecological" people railing against any form of society that has more liberties than the red khmer would permit are frauds.
you could just buy land for ecological projects, it would probably be the most effective thing you can do. no big state forcing people using violence is required to do that, also no glue and no throwing of perfectly good soup at paintings! if only everyone in those activist groups would cancel their netflix and spotify pass and use the $20/month (i'm not even sure about the price of these services) for something actually useful, they would get much more done.
of course, that would require putting the money were the mouth is instead of cheap virtue signalling and forcing others to kneel in front of their twisted egos. it's easier to keep fighting against the liberty of your fellow humans.
@bonifartius@qoto.org
I really just see them as footsoldiers for neo-malthusian elites.
If you don't have the power to change things yourself, why would you want to ally yourself with people who openly say that there are "too many" people on the planet?
It's not about ecology at all, it's about seizing strategic resources to keep hierarchies in place, all in exchange for a moderately more comfortable position within it.
All authentic grassroots movements operate on largely the same formula:
- People work to change things within their capacity
- Connect with other like-minded individuals
- Support each other to accomplish larger goals
When the primary goals become about acquiring power for power's sake, or tearing down functional systems you know there are other games afoot.
@gabriel
> It's not about ecology at all, it's about seizing strategic resources to keep hierarchies in place, all in exchange for a moderately more comfortable position within it.
considering how well-off the spokesholes of the german movements are this is very likely. if you can move to the top or close to in these movements you are set for life. even if you have _zero_ qualification. you'll always get a job, you have proven to be spineless, after all!
> All authentic grassroots movements operate on largely the same formula:
- People work to change things within their capacity
- Connect with other like-minded individuals
- Support each other to accomplish larger goals
💯! interestingly enough most of the groups who did good and effective ecological things here in germany now also shifted their focus almost completely to the CO2-climate-liturgy. guess it's just too perfect: you can never do enough, can't measure the effect of your actions yet always need more money. it's like a religion where you can never be a good enough believer.
> When the primary goals become about acquiring power for power's sake, or tearing down functional systems you know there are other games afoot.
some functional systems could use being torn down though ;)
