So where on earth are we now...
First I think it matters to remember how we ended up in this divisive mess... our country and its citizens laid low by austerity and the type of ugly politics that boos and bays across the Chamber and is rigged to pull in just two directions.
Failed and failing industries of the past, coming to the end of their usefulness (and our ability to survive their pollution, poisons and toxins)... but with inadequate investment and provision in technologies and jobs to replace them. Yet the fossilised power brokers of the past are clinging in a death grip to their empires and government has apparently been hijacked for their use.
Seems each Party and voter has different interpretations of every election recently; with talk of surges, purges and mandates... but no word, no hint about the climate.
Is 'in or out' really the most pressing issue we are facing? Or simply appears so because it's a side-show that's crazy and watchable and has only a few outcomes possible that are somewhat imaginable - whereas environmental issues are unwieldy, terrifying, time-sensitive and would force us to get up from our screens and actually ACT for the sake of our children.
Should we stay or go? With just 11 years of intensive work ahead of us to prevent dangerous tipping points for climate and continued ill-health and death from dangerous air-quality, further species extinctions and loss of nature that we depend on to survive... how much does it bloody matter?!
We need to re-focus to stand a chance and we need to accept that being cut in two over borders and Party political manoevering... is the most dangerous use of our time right now.
We need allies more than we need walls and we need to work together as individuals, groups, Parties, governments, countries, nations... everyone
What next? More action or more petty yet volatile feuds... choice is down to each of us and we can show our intent by what we do - more than what we say.
Find a way to fight for clean air, safe water, fertile soil and a future our children can look forward to - not one they fear.
And as to the politics? It will play out this drama, twist, turn and contort us as a nation and all we can do is attempt to ride out the storm whilst maintaining a clear focus on what matters most.
And maybe ...add in a whole heap more tolerance and understanding that we each, all of us... have been subject to messages and media that confused and divided us, that it's NOT US, it's 'them' (those abusing power and seeking to keep tight hold of it) and that at our deepest core - we all just want our families to be safe, nourished, housed and able to thrive... we're just interpreting the threats differently.
First I think it matters to remember how we ended up in this divisive mess... our country and its citizens laid low by austerity and the type of ugly politics that boos and bays across the Chamber and is rigged to pull in just two directions.
Failed and failing industries of the past, coming to the end of their usefulness (and our ability to survive their pollution, poisons and toxins)... but with inadequate investment and provision in technologies and jobs to replace them. Yet the fossilised power brokers of the past are clinging in a death grip to their empires and government has apparently been hijacked for their use.
Seems each Party and voter has different interpretations of every election recently; with talk of surges, purges and mandates... but no word, no hint about the climate.
Is 'in or out' really the most pressing issue we are facing? Or simply appears so because it's a side-show that's crazy and watchable and has only a few outcomes possible that are somewhat imaginable - whereas environmental issues are unwieldy, terrifying, time-sensitive and would force us to get up from our screens and actually ACT for the sake of our children.
Should we stay or go? With just 11 years of intensive work ahead of us to prevent dangerous tipping points for climate and continued ill-health and death from dangerous air-quality, further species extinctions and loss of nature that we depend on to survive... how much does it bloody matter?!
We need to re-focus to stand a chance and we need to accept that being cut in two over borders and Party political manoevering... is the most dangerous use of our time right now.
We need allies more than we need walls and we need to work together as individuals, groups, Parties, governments, countries, nations... everyone
What next? More action or more petty yet volatile feuds... choice is down to each of us and we can show our intent by what we do - more than what we say.
Find a way to fight for clean air, safe water, fertile soil and a future our children can look forward to - not one they fear.
And as to the politics? It will play out this drama, twist, turn and contort us as a nation and all we can do is attempt to ride out the storm whilst maintaining a clear focus on what matters most.
And maybe ...add in a whole heap more tolerance and understanding that we each, all of us... have been subject to messages and media that confused and divided us, that it's NOT US, it's 'them' (those abusing power and seeking to keep tight hold of it) and that at our deepest core - we all just want our families to be safe, nourished, housed and able to thrive... we're just interpreting the threats differently.
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