We've been broken for a while and needed a kick in the butt. Just sorry it fell to maga/Trump to essentially tear it al down. No, we can't go back but not sure who will pick up that banner. Just hope we have the option at midterms but I won't hold my breath. I'm of an age I might not see the outcome. Feeling so hard for my kids and all the youngers who will be tasked with the change at some point. We cannot go back to status quo. So sick of wealth only flowing up. Everyone should be able to choose their love and life and have freaking enough without working multiple jobs just to get by.
Yes! For years, the lefts response to climate change has been to mumble about electric cars, while the right has always responded with build the wall and detention camps in the desert. The new part is the meshing of this with the billionaires wish for drastic population decrease (and whitening) resulting in a small but dependent workforce. Climate change wasn’t even a campaign issue, beyond Harris saying she would bring back fracking and sell more oil and gas leases. The large databases and associated AI (owned by billionaires) have been working on a plan that is not good news for most of us. It has seemed hard to believe that WE don’t have a plan but we don’t.
What an astounding essay Mary. As always, your writing is powerful and on-point. I've shared it wherever I could on social media and forwarded it to everyone I know. It is must-read.
Wow! I had to pick myself up off of the floor before writing this comment. You may have just articulated our most important issue in a way that’s difficult to shrug off. I WILL be quoting from this essay. Meanwhile America’s attention is focused on a pedophile’s flight logs….
I had to take a break, I was getting so upset (furious, anxious) while reading, so out in the garden with dog I went. I might know more about Climate Crisis (aka Global Warming, Climate Change) than I do about politics. Not more than about cooking, however. I pulled:
"Take JP Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the world, which has funneled hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuels while publicly advertising its commitment to sustainability. Led by CEO Jamie Dimon, the bank has created its own internal climate unit, not to help stop the crisis, but to advise clients on how to capitalize on it. Their public reports make no bones about the facts: temperatures are rising, catastrophic weather events are becoming more frequent, and global systems are destabilizing. But their response is not to decarbonize or divest, it is to pivot toward profit in a world of collapse." - Mary Geddry
We've been broken for a while and needed a kick in the butt. Just sorry it fell to maga/Trump to essentially tear it al down. No, we can't go back but not sure who will pick up that banner. Just hope we have the option at midterms but I won't hold my breath. I'm of an age I might not see the outcome. Feeling so hard for my kids and all the youngers who will be tasked with the change at some point. We cannot go back to status quo. So sick of wealth only flowing up. Everyone should be able to choose their love and life and have freaking enough without working multiple jobs just to get by.
I just stood up and clapped. Spot on, thank you
We could start with saying No to that giant energy suck, AI.
It's certainly what I've been thinking. The uber wealthy are positioning themselves to protect their existence, and the rest of us are on our own.
I am looking for a tshirt that says "Al Gore was REALLY right!"
Shame on them for doing this to the planet and us. They are evil, greedy, and human failures.
Yes! For years, the lefts response to climate change has been to mumble about electric cars, while the right has always responded with build the wall and detention camps in the desert. The new part is the meshing of this with the billionaires wish for drastic population decrease (and whitening) resulting in a small but dependent workforce. Climate change wasn’t even a campaign issue, beyond Harris saying she would bring back fracking and sell more oil and gas leases. The large databases and associated AI (owned by billionaires) have been working on a plan that is not good news for most of us. It has seemed hard to believe that WE don’t have a plan but we don’t.
What an astounding essay Mary. As always, your writing is powerful and on-point. I've shared it wherever I could on social media and forwarded it to everyone I know. It is must-read.
Thank you!
Your best ever Mary! Totally agree with you. I'm sharing with my subscribers.
Republicans are immune from environmental collapse, I guess. And, in addition to this Monday wake up call. Over population is a destructive factor.
Wow! I had to pick myself up off of the floor before writing this comment. You may have just articulated our most important issue in a way that’s difficult to shrug off. I WILL be quoting from this essay. Meanwhile America’s attention is focused on a pedophile’s flight logs….
No wonder so many young people are choosing not to have children. Why bother? The most accurate and depressing read on the subject I've seen.
It just gets worse:
https://jaywilson1.substack.com/p/bbb-a-big-middle-finger-to-the-future?r=10sd39
I had to take a break, I was getting so upset (furious, anxious) while reading, so out in the garden with dog I went. I might know more about Climate Crisis (aka Global Warming, Climate Change) than I do about politics. Not more than about cooking, however. I pulled:
"Take JP Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the world, which has funneled hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuels while publicly advertising its commitment to sustainability. Led by CEO Jamie Dimon, the bank has created its own internal climate unit, not to help stop the crisis, but to advise clients on how to capitalize on it. Their public reports make no bones about the facts: temperatures are rising, catastrophic weather events are becoming more frequent, and global systems are destabilizing. But their response is not to decarbonize or divest, it is to pivot toward profit in a world of collapse." - Mary Geddry
Excellent and thought-provoking, as always. Thank yoiu, Mary - from a British fan of your superb writing.