‘What if there just is no solution?’ How we are all in denial about the climate crisis
‘What if there just is no solution?’ How we are all in denial about the climate crisis
In his new book, Tad DeLay suggests there is no rosy roadmap to go forward – but there are things we can do
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.
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I don't know anyone personally who thinks that the stuff he's calling green capitalism will fix the problem. For them, and me as well for that matter, it's akin to saying "recycling obviously isn't enough but my conscience won't allow me to do nothing so I guess I'll do that"
I don't know anyone personally who thinks that the stuff he's calling green capitalism will fix the problem.
I know a lot of them, and they all hold very powerful offices in governments all over the world. They're usually portrayed as the "left" of these governments.