Historically speaking, militant environmentalists have been targeting infrastructure, not people. The current mainstream movement is nonviolent to the point of absurdity, whereas their militant counterpart is basically nonexistent. It’s a bit counterintuitive if you think about it; a movement which objects to the very real violence that industry subjects both people and entire ecosystems to is completely nonviolent.
The current mainstream movement is nonviolent to the point of absurdity, whereas their militant counterpart is basically nonexistent
That’s probably because the politicians in the pockets of the fossil fuel interests made laws declaring it terrorism, with ridiculously long prison sentences.
Now that they’re doing the same with peaceful protest, though, it’s no wonder that people are reverting to direct action. Not much point in going with the least effective option as long as you’re only hurting corporations and the punishment is roughly the same 🤷
Historically speaking, militant environmentalists have been targeting infrastructure, not people. The current mainstream movement is nonviolent to the point of absurdity, whereas their militant counterpart is basically nonexistent. It’s a bit counterintuitive if you think about it; a movement which objects to the very real violence that industry subjects both people and entire ecosystems to is completely nonviolent.
That’s probably because the politicians in the pockets of the fossil fuel interests made laws declaring it terrorism, with ridiculously long prison sentences.
Now that they’re doing the same with peaceful protest, though, it’s no wonder that people are reverting to direct action. Not much point in going with the least effective option as long as you’re only hurting corporations and the punishment is roughly the same 🤷