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Joris Meys

Imagine the 100+ deaths in #spain were a terror attack. It would be talk of the day for weeks. Politicians would scream for Swift And Decisive Action. Never Again! Root of the Problem!

It's climate change. And yes, We need to Act Swiftly and Decisively. But those yelling it loud enough to be heard, were thrown in jail for "planning to be disruptive". Now we mourn, send thoughts and prayers, and tomorrow we go on making the problem bigger. Because "duh economuh".

31 October at 9:11 | Open on mstdn.social
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Koen Hufkens, PhD

@JorisMeys Cognitive dissonance is a powerful thing.

31 October at 9:22 | Open on mastodon.social
_noelamac_

@JorisMeys In Aug. 2024 a man killed 6 people with a knife in a festival in the city of Solingen.

The response of the German gov. was as immediate as it was ineffective to address the problem: Migration debates, more border controls & more regulation for knives.

When the Ahrtal floods occurred in 2021, ca. 200 people died. Armin Laschet, NRW Minister, said his famous phrase

„Just because today is such a day, one doesn’t change the politics“.

#climatechange #KlimaKatastrophe
31 October at 12:19 | Open on spore.social
Mirko Schenk

@JorisMeys@mstdn.social
"Root of the Problem"? No, the thing with terror attacks is just that they're so great to use for other stuff. Surveillance, closed borders, racism, ... Almost nobody in power even tries to really fight terrorist organizations, esp. not by supporting democratic/liberal opponents.

And with climate change, we've got similar effects. Discussions about eFuels, H2, small private changes (too often with bad transparency), instead of the big topics. Like public transport, more efficient heating, less flights and flesh, insane supply chains (like food going around the world for cheaper packaging), ...

@JorisMeys@mstdn.social
"Root of the Problem"? No, the thing with terror attacks is just that they're so great to use for other stuff. Surveillance, closed borders, racism, ... Almost nobody in power even tries to really fight terrorist organizations, esp. not by supporting democratic/liberal opponents.

And with climate change, we've got similar effects. Discussions about eFuels, H2, small private changes (too often with bad transparency), instead of the big topics. Like public transport, more efficient...

31 October at 12:22 | Open on procial.tchncs.de
Urwumpe

@JorisMeys Since its man-made and for selfish reasons, its a kind of terrorism as well.

31 October at 12:30 | Open on hessen.social
Kid Mania

@urwumpe @JorisMeys
"Since its man-made and for selfish reasons, its a kind of terrorism as well."

⬆️ This. And so true. Yet it will NEVER be called such...even tho it effects each and every one of us.

E𝐯e𝐫y𝐭h𝐢n𝐠 𝐢s u𝐥t𝐢m𝐚t𝐞l𝐲 𝐩e𝐜u𝐥i𝐚r a𝐧d u𝐥t𝐢m𝐚t𝐞l𝐲 𝐫i𝐝i𝐜u𝐥o𝐮s.

- T𝐡o𝐦a𝐬 𝐋i𝐠o𝐭t𝐢

31 October at 12:37 | Open on mastodon.social
Bodo Hinueber

@JorisMeys it is terror. From Shell, BP, Exxon, etc.

31 October at 16:23 | Open on nerdculture.de
Frances Larina

@JorisMeys

Not the politicians who were on the same side as the terrorists, and therein lies the problem.

31 October at 17:16 | Open on sfba.social
tunda

@JorisMeys I find John Ironmonger's idea quite charming, we freeze the politicians and then thaw them out when we can and then put them on trial.
‘In the Year of the Manatee’ by John Ironmonger

31 October at 17:45 | Open on layer8.space
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