More Wokeness

It occurs to me the weaponized woke slur works so well because it associated with Defund the Police. Everytime I hear someone talk about the Great George Floyd Rebellion I think of all the other great activist victories of the last decade: Standing Rock, Line 3, wet'suweten, Medicare for all, PRO Act, Bernie for Pres, prison abolition, Palestinian state, the list goes on and on. No wonder the right is so scared of activists! How proud especially must be those stalwart ANTIFA folks with their spray paint and hoodies. Byrd -Hegal Reolution Introduced in Senate (06/12/1997) Declares that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, at negotiations in Kyoto in December 1997 or thereafter which would: (1) mandate new commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the Annex 1 Parties, unless the protocol or other agreement also mandates new specific scheduled commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for Developing Country Parties within the same compliance period; or (2) result in serious harm to the U.S. economy As George Bush put it, "Our way of life is not negotiable". This is something that should be read out at Earth Day rallies

Woke Green Activists

Montana Senator Steve Daines says to make America energy independent and lower the price at the pump we need to stop listening to "woke green activists" and increase Montana coal, oil and gas production. He's not wrong.If you are more concerned about your fuel bill than you are global heating you want to see local production booming. And remember, most Montanans have massive pick-up trucks that they commute in and spend a hundred dollars a week on gas. Plus oil jobs pay well. So convincing Montanans is easy peasy. There are, however,capitalists with actual power (unlike some moron Senator) and they are getting nervous about climate impacts. They've used goofballs like Steve to defer action for decades but as the cliff aproaches, Capital hopes to shift to marketing "Green Capitalism" and useful idiots like Steve are less useful. Meanwhile, woke green activists are shopping around for induction stoves. And if these subsidies for clean electricity ever make it through the Build Back Better legislation, we can buy heat pumps.(they cost a lot, like two or three species apiece). Some are planning for collapse, so it won't be quite as chaotic. But it isn't clear if they are planning for a three or five or seven degree celsius temperature rise, because that could make a difference. The best plan is to stock up on ammunition so you can take stuff from woke green activists. Senator Steve Daines is only worried about the next election. And none of us should be surprised when far-right populists sweep into office because this is representative capitalist democracy, (no taxation without representation) and if you can fill people's gas tanks for cheap, you get their vote. This aint rocket science or climate science or any fucking antifa, critical race theory, transsexual science bullshit. Elites created the monster, now they are stuck with it

Fully Automated Luxury Communism

One of the debates in ecosocialist forums is around de-growth vs "acceleration" and what metrics to use for defining each. Acceleration might be described as using all the technology and productive capacity possible to provide "the good life". The extreme example is Fully Automated Luxury Communism (FALC) with its emancipatory claims. On the other end of the spectrum we find Deep Greens who insist all growth in production has disatrous impacts for ecosystems and so espouse radical simplicity. The most subjective aspect of this debate is how the terms "good life" and "luxury" are defined. Should we use UN Development goals, caloric intake, life expectancy? How about feelings of community belonging, harmony with nature or meaningful life? Obviously, acceleration is an easier sell to subjects formed by capitalist culture, those programmed to believe more is always better. De-growth has intonations of austerity, something the wealthy have historically imposed on the already disposessed. So we have a struggle over meaning: relinquishment and simplicity can be liberating and morally satisyfing and there is a Protestant tradition of frugality and limits (Thoreau) that can be tapped into. Of conservation. On the other hand, socialism has been associated with productivist, even Promethian ambition, unleashing the human potential to harness nature. De-growth is also associated with a sentimental nostalgia, a desire to Return to a purer state that existed in pre-capitalist, even pre-modern times. Accelerationists want to ride the wave of technological wizardry, propelling us into a glorious future. I'm always looking for a synthesis.