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‘A new phase’: why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest | Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the ‘property and machinery’ of the fossil fuel economy (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's about damn time. This is much better than throwing soup at painting like an absolute dumbass.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That got the message out though. People were more interested in the damage to art than the damage to the planet.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've said this before; anyone that attacks art for a statement is on the wrong side of history. The only point they proved was that they were complete morons.

Now, sabotaging equipment... Or throwing soup at oil barons... NOW you're talking.

[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 hours ago

Exactly.

The problem with protesting is that it's begging people to kindly do ask you ask. In the case of oil, you're the "people" you are asking are a social cancer. The people doing the work are literally destroying their children's future for money today. They couldn't possibly care about anything you could do or any argument you could make. Very few relationships are really zero sum games, but this is one.

They exist or we do, there can be no common ground. There can be no negotiation. These are corporations we're fighting, not people, and corporations don't care about anything.

I'm glad people are waking up to the fact that there can be no rational dialog. It's life or death, for humans and oil companies. They must be stopped, and stopping means death for the oil companies. They will not, and cannot, listen. They must be forced to stop or we all die.