“ we are left with a stark choice: allow climate disruption to change everything about our world, or change pretty much everything about our economy to avoid that fate. But we need to be very clear: because of our decades of collective denial, no gradual, incremental options are now available to us. ”(…) That’s tough for a lot of people in important positions to accept, since it challenges something that might be even more powerful than capitalism, and that is the fetish of centrism—of reasonableness, seriousness, splitting the difference, and generally not getting overly excited about anything. This is the habit of thought that truly rules our era, far more among the liberals who concern themselves with matters of climate policy than among conservatives, many of whom simply deny the existence of the crisis. Climate change presents a profound challenge to this cautious centrism because half measures won’t cut it. (…) The challenge, then, is not simply that we need to spend a lot of money and change a lot of policies; it’s that we need to think differently, radically differently, for those changes to be remotely possible. Right now, the triumph of market logic, with its ethos of domination and fierce competition, is paralyzing almost all serious efforts to respond to climate change. (…) It seems to me that our problem has a lot less to do with the mechanics of solar power than the politics of human power—specifically whether there can be a shift in who wields it, a shift away from corporations and toward communities, ”
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“ what should we do with this fear that comes from living on a planet that is dying, made less alive every day? First, accept that it won’t go away. That it is a fully rational response to the unbearable reality that we are living in a dying world, a world that a great many of us are helping to kill, by doing things like making tea and driving to the grocery store and yes, okay, having kids. Next, use it. Fear is a survival response. Fear makes us run, it makes us leap, it can make us act superhuman. But we need somewhere to run to. Without that, the fear is only paralyzing ”
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“ Terrorism doesn't just blow up buildings; it blasts every other issue off the political map. The spectre of terrorism - real and exaggerated - has become a shield of impunity, protecting governments around the world from scrutiny for their human rights abuses. ”
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“ Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich. ”
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“ Terrorism doesn't just blow up buildings; it blasts every other issue off the political map. The spectre of terrorism - real and exaggerated - has become a shield of impunity, protecting governments around the world from scrutiny for their human rights abuses. ”
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“ Ads and logos are our shared global culture and language, and people are insisting on the right to use that language, to reformulate it in the way that artists and writers always do with cultural material. ”
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“ We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other. ”
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“ The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity. ”
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“ Ads and logos are our shared global culture and language, and people are insisting on the right to use that language, to reformulate it in the way that artists and writers always do with cultural material. ”
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“ Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. ”
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“ The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity. ”
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“ We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other. ”
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“ Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves. ”
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“ Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. ”
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“ The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity. ”
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“ When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration? ”
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“ Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves. ”
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“ We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other. ”
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“ Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves. ”
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“ Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people. ”
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