I've always loved environment-related topics, so this essay really struck a chord with me.
Your kelp example is a great way to prove a point that a lot of people miss: Solutions are easy when you got the money. Rich people forget it (yay, affluenza), but for people who are actively struggling to different degrees, what seems like just a click away is actually unfeasible. It's the dilemma of the poor man's boots all over again, and as much as people with a green conscience want to help, they gotta made do with what they have. Granted, you're not just "making do", but you have a successful system.
It just comes to show that people have forgotten (or better said, refused to see) the real cause of all problems: Humanity. We're simply far too many, and there's no turning back. We've messed this up (just to keep it PG), and the people who HAVE the money for the solutions we need just want to hoard it all like dragons and see who has the biggest wiener, I mean, bank account.
Excited for this documentary (and please, show off the old Blockbuster Rewards card).
What I appreciate most about your articles, posts, and videos (and there's a lot to appreciate) is how nuanced you are. You hold the big picture and zoom into the nitty-gritty. You explore how these big issues actually land for real people across all these different quadrants.
It's a good reminder for all of us, myself included, to seek out people who don't share our worldview and figure out how we can come together to leave things a little better than we found them.
One of the biggest factors in crating the political and societal polarization we see today was the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine under Reagan. That was the end of balanced news and the beginning of Fox and extreme radio programming.
Plus the reality that 'trickle down' economics is actually closer to 'gusher up.' resulting in the working class getting squeezed financially. Whenever that happens ion society we see an increase in polarization.
I took the quiz and found some of the answers deeply unsatisfactory. Also, in a move I saw coming, it's got me just a little bit to the left and a teeny tiny bit above dead center. I do actually value science. I've possibly come to value it more through Covid and my (common millennial) desperate search for answers. Along with a growing distrust of conspiratorial vibes, made much, much worse by my dad getting sucked into the anti-vax and MAHA crowd. Even though he's also a massive aspiring regenerative farming fan who does trust studies promoted by guys who live on a farm or in a log cabin, or who just promote the anti-establishment theories.
*deep breath*
This is actually a really good perspective that I haven't seen before. Trust really is the currency that we need most of right now, and COVID definitely wasn't the only thing that killed it, but that's really when it came to a head. Although for personal reasons entirely, I miss the lockdowns. It was a more peaceful world outside my door (by which I mean, I could go more than fifteen minutes without seeing a single car go by). And the looming existential dread really took my mind off my other problems Orz
Also there's something beautifully appropriate about letting the bulls and the cows mingle on fathers' day.
I'm going to write my comment without looking at the others (bad habit I have to feel "included")
I believe your map is accurate, but I'd like to include a few other variables.
1. We need a 10+ party system. This two party system allows candidates to point at the other, criticize, then never say what they will do.
2. People stopped talking to their neighbors. I live in a small town, know their names, but do I know them?
3. Watching any news channel, people cannot have an opposing view without being interrupted, screamed at and hated. You also can see this in small town politics or even planning a neighborhood picnic!
I don't fit in any political party, I try to speak about my opposing view and I am shut up, I'm not on any social platform anymore and I've given up talking to my neighbors or even adult children about anything besides the weather.
Conclusion: Everyone needs to read Vanderbilt's Book of Ediquitte. No one fits in a "box" like our government thinks. There is Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion. We need Freedom to think for ourselves and not be hated for it.
I've always loved environment-related topics, so this essay really struck a chord with me.
Your kelp example is a great way to prove a point that a lot of people miss: Solutions are easy when you got the money. Rich people forget it (yay, affluenza), but for people who are actively struggling to different degrees, what seems like just a click away is actually unfeasible. It's the dilemma of the poor man's boots all over again, and as much as people with a green conscience want to help, they gotta made do with what they have. Granted, you're not just "making do", but you have a successful system.
It just comes to show that people have forgotten (or better said, refused to see) the real cause of all problems: Humanity. We're simply far too many, and there's no turning back. We've messed this up (just to keep it PG), and the people who HAVE the money for the solutions we need just want to hoard it all like dragons and see who has the biggest wiener, I mean, bank account.
Excited for this documentary (and please, show off the old Blockbuster Rewards card).
What I appreciate most about your articles, posts, and videos (and there's a lot to appreciate) is how nuanced you are. You hold the big picture and zoom into the nitty-gritty. You explore how these big issues actually land for real people across all these different quadrants.
It's a good reminder for all of us, myself included, to seek out people who don't share our worldview and figure out how we can come together to leave things a little better than we found them.
The Jungle < Oil!
One of the biggest factors in crating the political and societal polarization we see today was the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine under Reagan. That was the end of balanced news and the beginning of Fox and extreme radio programming.
Plus the reality that 'trickle down' economics is actually closer to 'gusher up.' resulting in the working class getting squeezed financially. Whenever that happens ion society we see an increase in polarization.
Excellent work!
Love a good quiz. Apparently, I’m a radical ecogist! Who knew 😜
I took the quiz and found some of the answers deeply unsatisfactory. Also, in a move I saw coming, it's got me just a little bit to the left and a teeny tiny bit above dead center. I do actually value science. I've possibly come to value it more through Covid and my (common millennial) desperate search for answers. Along with a growing distrust of conspiratorial vibes, made much, much worse by my dad getting sucked into the anti-vax and MAHA crowd. Even though he's also a massive aspiring regenerative farming fan who does trust studies promoted by guys who live on a farm or in a log cabin, or who just promote the anti-establishment theories.
*deep breath*
This is actually a really good perspective that I haven't seen before. Trust really is the currency that we need most of right now, and COVID definitely wasn't the only thing that killed it, but that's really when it came to a head. Although for personal reasons entirely, I miss the lockdowns. It was a more peaceful world outside my door (by which I mean, I could go more than fifteen minutes without seeing a single car go by). And the looming existential dread really took my mind off my other problems Orz
Also there's something beautifully appropriate about letting the bulls and the cows mingle on fathers' day.
I'm going to write my comment without looking at the others (bad habit I have to feel "included")
I believe your map is accurate, but I'd like to include a few other variables.
1. We need a 10+ party system. This two party system allows candidates to point at the other, criticize, then never say what they will do.
2. People stopped talking to their neighbors. I live in a small town, know their names, but do I know them?
3. Watching any news channel, people cannot have an opposing view without being interrupted, screamed at and hated. You also can see this in small town politics or even planning a neighborhood picnic!
I don't fit in any political party, I try to speak about my opposing view and I am shut up, I'm not on any social platform anymore and I've given up talking to my neighbors or even adult children about anything besides the weather.
Conclusion: Everyone needs to read Vanderbilt's Book of Ediquitte. No one fits in a "box" like our government thinks. There is Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion. We need Freedom to think for ourselves and not be hated for it.
Thank you!