Mysteriarch

It's war mongering and ever since the invasion of Ukraine, emotion has taken over. 10 years ago we were all remembering the First World War and how it should never happen again, and yet here we are: attacking anyone who tries to argue for peace as being a traitor...

Some thoughts:

• All wars end in negotiations, so the sooner the better;
• We need to get the fuck out of NATO - the US is a rogue state and we, as Europeans, have no say whatsoever in its functioning;
• We need a European defense alliance that's credible - meaning: if we say it's about defense and our so-called western values, we shouldn't be part of imperialist adventures;
• Russia isn't going to attack the EU, it makes no sense - the amount of mental gymnastics that pundits are making to make Russia both menacing as incompetent is staggering;
• Europe already spends three times as much on defense as Russia - if there's one sector that could really use some of that magic Free Market Efficiency™, this would be the prime candidate for austerity;
• Rearmament doesn't make the world safer, on the contrary, it makes war more likely - if all you have is an army, everything looks like a military conflict;
• Rearmament will only line the pockets of the industrialists and other capitalists and cost the working people in their well being or even their lives if we start throwing them into the meat grinder.

I think both are quite unhelpful. Mocking him doesn't do anything to him or his base. Worse, it often takes the form of ableism and then you're just hurting people around you. Organizing does. It's the only thing the ruling elites fear. Join a protest, a union, a strike, and get more people involved.

I didn't say anything against organizing? I have something against petty bourgeois libs spouting bullshit in the media and not doing anything useful. I applaud people actually organizing, especially those in labor (unions)!

I did - all these types of 'backlash against Trump' that are being reported on are mostly hot air.

Sure, but usually, like here, it's limited to some social media and press moments. Liberal posturing doesn't stop fascists. I hope there's better organizing happening on the ground, but I'm not seeing much from where I am in Europe.

"Widespread backlash" isn't really something that has any repercussions to him, his entourage or his base.

For some less optimistic, but still combative climate literature:

Climate Change as Class War, by Matthew T. Huber

Slow Down, by Kohei Saito

and right now I'm reading I Want a Better Catastrophe, by Andrew Boyd, and so far it's interesting (and accessible).

Ah yes, that'll do it

What's wrong with a car-sharing setup? Less space needed, people don't need a car 24/7 so others can use them, it's cheaper and less wasteful and polluting.

Why? That seems like a great addition to his resume in this administration?

They also don't use much energy. You can do a lot of reading on one charge.

Better late than never, I suppose. Still, they're just moving to Bluesky, which is just another corporate network...