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shift popular opinion to such a degree that it would be political suicide not to put the environment first are needed
... and that's exactly why I'm very confused by XR stating they only want to get 'a large enough minority' on their side. Generally speaking, even 'large' minorities aren't enough to make things 'political suicide', especially when there is already a political split on the issue.
Hoping for moving vaguely in the right direction ain't gonna cut it in the time available...
Absolutely nothing I've seen so far points towards us getting things done on time. So yeah, I'm pretty pessimistic about this. It doesn't mean that in my dreams, I'm not hoping for something a whole lot more radical, but realistically...
SwissChap
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It sounds like a group of non-partisan rebels who are willing to make sacrifices (and mistakes) to bring the ecological crisis to the attention of the masses and shift popular opinion to such a degree that it would be political suicide not to put the environment first are needed? We could all get behind them, even get involved, challenge them from inside when they're losing sight of the goal and help shape them into what they need to be?
Hoping for moving vaguely in the right direction ain't gonna cut it in the time available...