Wow you must be so much tougher than Monterrey’s toddlers and old folks then. 💪

In 2021, the polar vortex caused sub zero temperatures in northern Mexico. It was -7 in Monterrey. You don’t deal with -7 with just layers and blankets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2021_North_American_cold_wave

Climate change means some places will get colder. Are you also opposed to heating? Or is only being hot acceptable self-flagellation?

I think it is because the pictures look like how cities are shown in children’s books.

It’s in the name, right? Resistance doesn’t win. Even if they are not ignored, these court orders will not end the reign of ICE terror. And it is important to remember that there are people for which the system will deny even such an ignorable court order. They are no less worthy of solidarity. So yes, this is not winning. But that’s not the point yet.

Resistance doesn’t win but it makes winning possible. It slows down, increases the cost, frustrates, distracts, buys time, exposes systemic weaknesses, trains the capacity of allies, and makes people lose fear. It’s not sufficient, but it’s necessary.

Do you have evidence for either that these 10 orders were ignored or that there was some false sense of progress that coddled anyone to not do anything because of these 10 orders?

Resistance is not a monolith, it is not all or nothing. It is these shitty 10 orders AND all the other work that people are doing. There is nothing too small and too petty when it comes to resisting fascism. Every little thing raises the cost for the fascists, raises the friction. Remember that 1944 manual on Simple Sabotage? Raise the friction in every way possible. That’s the point.

So, sure say your reminder that “that’s not enough” but then move on and go do something petty to raise the friction the fascists face.

Well, not with this kind of attitude we won’t.

I didn’t write “common sense” to imply it doesn’t need to be explained.

I wrote it to mean that once explained, it clearly is impossible to refute because it’s common sense.

My comment was not adversarial.

Common sense.

Common knowledge round the Mediterranean.

I don’t know if this is helpful in the specific situation, but check it out: https://rutgerbregman.com/sma

I wonder at what point will the renewables industry will start lobbying for itself the way oil and gas does. Where’s Big Wind? Where’s the country songs about heartland Working Joes working solar farms?

“Lower profits for the utilities” is a nonsensical phrase.

Both.

Links to either, please?

And it is secondary to the economic conditions. If you live all your life under alienating economic conditions then you have little shared purpose left and there is no such thing as communities where you live.

I don’t think this is accurate. It can be, at specific places, but given that alienating economic conditions is the literally the norm everywhere, I don’t buy the argument that the world is a place without communities without shared purpose. On the contrary, some of the most vibrant communities are those created by exploited working people. Anyway, I’m not sure what the argument here is any more, thanks for your answer regardless.

Cool, thanks!

Thank you.

Good point, you’re right, the social network should help mediate this beyond formalistic notions. Thanks.

Feel free to ask questions here.

Literally on the sidebar.

I don’t think my behaviour in this thread has been smarmy or antagonistic, as your cartoon implies, but if it has, I apologize.

I got my answer from Flora, so I’m thanking good faith responses and I’m outta here, glossing my eyes and back with the other nonanarchists. Checkmate, I guess.