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Yellow Dot studios has been releasing YouTube videos trying to mobilize "populist anger" over the climate crisis.

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, we're all worn out. Anyone over the age of thirty that cares about climate change has cared about climate for most of our lives. We've been banging our heads against the wall, watching capitalists and conservatives and neoliberals stall, deny, and obstruct as we crossed every red line we could set.

The human race is fucked. We fucked it up. We weren't strong enough to stop ourselves from fucking it up. I hope the next generation will figure out ways to survive, but if it starts with online videos trying to mobilize populist anger over the climate crisis, it feels like deja vu.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

Getting people thinking about who to blame is valuable. If this summer is anything like last summer, then there will probably be a crop of people who suddenly give a damn.

[–] DrugsMcChrist@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

oh we're plenty angry, it's more that the corporate media has made a concerted effort to remind us that collective action results in a high risk of skull crushing by our militarized police