silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agoCan a colossal extreme weather event galvanize action on the climate crisis? Many extremes over the past 40 years might have triggered transformational change – but didn’t.yaleclimateconnections.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkCan a colossal extreme weather event galvanize action on the climate crisis? Many extremes over the past 40 years might have triggered transformational change – but didn’t.yaleclimateconnections.orgsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoWhich means that it takes bottom-up organizing to force politicians to address climate.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoLOL That’s what everyone says, and then they vote for millionaires and multi-millionaires to represent us, as if those people have to listen to you or me about anything.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThey need peoples’ votes. Get even fairly modest numbers of people organized, and they pay attention.
Which means that it takes bottom-up organizing to force politicians to address climate.
LOL
That’s what everyone says, and then they vote for millionaires and multi-millionaires to represent us, as if those people have to listen to you or me about anything.
They need peoples’ votes. Get even fairly modest numbers of people organized, and they pay attention.