Opinion | Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue
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And it couldn’t have happened at a worse time.
  • Trafficone
    33·
    11 months ago

    …now? I feel like climate has been the “old reliable” culture war issue when climate denialists need to generate buzz on a slow news day going back at least 20 years.

      • maegul@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        Yep … I feel it’s one of those things that people should really consider to recalibrate how the feel about the issue …

        It’s an old and well known problem on which the world has been dragging its heels for ages. That the world has taken so long to do anything substantial, and danced around what needs to be done for so long will be a really bad look from the future looking back.

        Like, think Germans during the Nazi holocaust and the question of whether any of them did enough or the right thing.

        Think grand-children asking you what you did and why you didn’t do more. What excuse did you have when all the information was easy to get?

        • Syl ⏚@jlai.lu
          4·
          11 months ago

          Mainstream media doesn’t relay the info enough, and you need to go out of your confort zone to read about it. Multiple problems about why.

          • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf
            4·
            11 months ago

            Hell, mainstream media doesn’t relay MOST info enough or well enough.

            Who could have known that the entire mainstream media landscape being owned by a few billionaires and barely regulated, except for draconian measures to avoid the depiction of certain parts of human anatomy and colorful language, would have editorial consequences?? 😮‍💨

        • Uranium3006@kbin.social
          1·
          11 months ago

          Think grand-children asking you what you did and why you didn’t do more. What excuse did you have when all the information was easy to get?

          in my case, I don’t have the energy or funds to effectively resist. I want to do more but can’t

          • maegul@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I’m sorry to hear … and I hope you’re doing ok! Which I say with empathy/understanding BTW (I too wish I could do more).

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    11 months ago

    Now? It was a Culture War issue when I was a kid 30 years ago, it’s been a hot button issue that the conservatives have been hardline against since before the Clinton era.

  • perestroika
    7·
    11 months ago

    If you make something a matter of identity, facts don’t matter much any more - it’s about “us” versus “them”.

    If I was someone with a vested interest in sabotaging the process (of transitioning off fossil fuels), I would try to make their consumption part of someone’s identity. It seems to follow that to move ahead smoother, the matter has to be dis-associated from identity somehow. I’m not competent in psychology, so I cannot guess how.