Young People's Voices on Climate Anxiety, Government Betrayal and Moral Injury: A Global Phenomenon
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Background: Climate change has significant implications for the health and futures of children and young people, yet they have little power to limit its harm, m
      • red_stapler [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        They’re saying that people in charge are wasting time doing racism instead of fighting climate change.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I didn't call it a distraction to suggest it is not a very real and serious thing that causes a lot of harm to people. Racism should be fought mercilessly by everyone on the left.

        I called it a distraction because the right uses it to create a constant barrage of culture war bullshit that keeps the left on the defensive and suffocates any discussion about issues like inequality or the climate, issues that can only be resolved by political action that would seriously anger the bourgeois and white middle-income voters.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'm middle aged too. Where I grew up, as a kid we had fairly cold winters and you could reliably count on a few snowfalls each winter of 7.5-15 cm each.

      By the time I'm an old man, the climate there will be basically what New Orleans is today (conservative estimate). Depresses the hell out of me.

    • apparitionist [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      waste time on distractions like racism

      Why does AOC not care about the lives of Latin Americans whose rare earth minerals are needed for the "eco-socialist" grift?

    • newmou [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      What you mean to say is identity politics. Big difference