I don't know how to really feel about XR. There's something there I don't like. At the same time, I admit that, despite my political aspirations, I'm not much of an activist, so what the fuck do I know and i'm full of shit.
Parking a boat on a bridge on major throughfares just seems stupid. I'm not convinced people looking at this can see how this ties in to climate change. They're just going to see people camping on the street and blocking traffic. Besides which the state can just wait them out; let them wave their banners for their "week of rebellion" and then after they fuck off back home go back to business as usual, point to a few scraps of waste and say "look they're hypocrits".
I'm suspicious of their leadership. Roger Hallam has some stupid ideas which in the preceding 48 pages of this thread I haven't read have probably been mentioned.
Then there's the whole shady 'XR Corporate' aspect and the big money behind Greta Thrumberg (sorry if that's misspelt).
The whole thing is starting to feel, to me, like its all 'branding'. I can't articulate this well, but "summer of rebellion" just feels like an exercise in branding and image, rather than a genuine voice of outrage from the working class.
It's impressive how they have organised and spread (at least across FB). There's clearly a lot of good people who are active, setting up local groups, etc, but there's something about all this - aside from the tactical ignorance of the state and the police - that seems off to me.
There I spoke. What the fuck do I know
Parking a boat on a bridge on major throughfares just seems stupid. I'm not convinced people looking at this can see how this ties in to climate change. They're just going to see people camping on the street and blocking traffic. Besides which the state can just wait them out; let them wave their banners for their "week of rebellion" and then after they fuck off back home go back to business as usual, point to a few scraps of waste and say "look they're hypocrits".
I'm suspicious of their leadership. Roger Hallam has some stupid ideas which in the preceding 48 pages of this thread I haven't read have probably been mentioned.
Then there's the whole shady 'XR Corporate' aspect and the big money behind Greta Thrumberg (sorry if that's misspelt).
The whole thing is starting to feel, to me, like its all 'branding'. I can't articulate this well, but "summer of rebellion" just feels like an exercise in branding and image, rather than a genuine voice of outrage from the working class.
It's impressive how they have organised and spread (at least across FB). There's clearly a lot of good people who are active, setting up local groups, etc, but there's something about all this - aside from the tactical ignorance of the state and the police - that seems off to me.
There I spoke. What the fuck do I know
