Informative article. Where does the community draw the line on what is acceptable as a rebellious act? It seems as if damaging private property is ok so carrying out illegal acts is fine. But where does it stop? If this is justified, I could imagine there will be someone who could easily justify physical violence in the name of saving the planet.
Ah, the slippery slope argument. I personally believe property violence is very different in many ways from physical violence, and that one does not legitimise the other, nor lead to an escalation to it. Each community group draws their own line, and they choose from the diverse range of tactics available to them based on what they believe is necessary to achieve the outcomes they desire.
But I do share your hope that we will see bold climate action without escalations to ecoterrorism!
The parallelism with MLK and Women’s vote is very interesting. I have to admit that my 1st reaction to the actions was WTF but having passed some time, they were very good to create discomfort in society regarding the current status quo
Glad we convinced you, Diogo! Yes, we don't see as much change within our comfort zones... Acorns have to break their shells to grow 🌱. And now we're seeing that although approval of the group was low, it really did stimulate significant change in the willingness to take climate action: https://www.socialchangelab.org/survey
Informative article. Where does the community draw the line on what is acceptable as a rebellious act? It seems as if damaging private property is ok so carrying out illegal acts is fine. But where does it stop? If this is justified, I could imagine there will be someone who could easily justify physical violence in the name of saving the planet.
Ah, the slippery slope argument. I personally believe property violence is very different in many ways from physical violence, and that one does not legitimise the other, nor lead to an escalation to it. Each community group draws their own line, and they choose from the diverse range of tactics available to them based on what they believe is necessary to achieve the outcomes they desire.
But I do share your hope that we will see bold climate action without escalations to ecoterrorism!
The parallelism with MLK and Women’s vote is very interesting. I have to admit that my 1st reaction to the actions was WTF but having passed some time, they were very good to create discomfort in society regarding the current status quo
Glad we convinced you, Diogo! Yes, we don't see as much change within our comfort zones... Acorns have to break their shells to grow 🌱. And now we're seeing that although approval of the group was low, it really did stimulate significant change in the willingness to take climate action: https://www.socialchangelab.org/survey