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.
It’s terrifying how this type of denialism supports a fascist response when in actuality we need collective action. Collective action is in the individual self interest.
Just shows you the power of money and corruption…the ones that stifle intelligence, ban books and learning, force religion in schools are literally trying to harm the planet for profit. Words and petitions won’t save anyone this time around. They took it too far.