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Let’s try stuff. Even less than complete success can bring benefits.
I often point out that defeatism and lack of imagination are pretty much the only thing holding back ordinary people from changing the world for the better. And the lack of imagination is largely caused by defeatism. The rich and powerful always win, and the ordinary people are powerless. That’s the lie that keeps us powerless. We need to smash that lie to smithereens.
Why not try BIG things? Things that SEEM impossible? I mean, we’ve seen “impossible” things happen year after year — some bad, some good. But really unexpected. Instead of sitting back and watching the impossible happen, why not ATTEMPT the impossible?
Goodbye Chevron
What if, instead of simply making noise about the climate, and protesting oil merchants and the politicians they own, we took aim directly at one of them? Say, Chevron?
What would this look like?
Well, it would be a blizzard of activity, all of it labeled as simply protest and dismissed by the media and other pals of the fossil fuel industry. But it would be relentless and would form the basis of a new, unavoidable narrative.
It would change the conversation and the focus. Even if the media and pundits…
