In his new book, Tad DeLay suggests there is no rosy roadmap to go forward – but there are things we can do

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.

  • rahEnglish
    12·
    6 months ago

    regulating the most destructive industries and forcing them to stop releasing greenhouse gasses

    And what is that going to solve exactly?

    • retrospectology@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 months ago

      What is it going to solve if the companies responsible for more than 70% of the world’s emissions are stopped from producing those emissions via regulation? That’s your question?

        • retrospectology@lemmy.world
          51·
          6 months ago

          …if we cut emissions it stops climate change from getting even worse, killing even more people, destroying even more property and causing more mass migration, causing even further ecological collapse.

          You’re literally just asking “Why mitigate climate change?”

          • rahEnglish
            15·
            6 months ago

            stops climate change from getting even worse, killing even more people, destroying even more property and causing more mass migration, causing even further ecological collapse

            And what is that going to solve exactly? What is it that this is a “solution” to?