sleeper capitalism

The Black Lives Matter movement in the United States.

Farmers' marches in India.

Street riots in Hong Kong.

In recent years, the contest for social claims has intensified in the heat of the pandemic and collective action against injustices has expanded.

It is surprising, however, that the fact that is going to affect our lives the most in the coming decades is hardly answered from the street.

Without even having entered the summer, we have exceeded the usual temperatures of the hottest season, and the flames have swept through fields and forests at the wrong time.

In Spain, France, the United States and parts of Asia.

In a growing deviation from the average of thermometers that

has titled "The worrying new pace of temperature records in the world."

However, this anomalous situation is observed with a mixture of resignation, acidity and even disappointment.

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Heat wave and climate change

It is surprising that given the seriousness of the facts, unions, churches, defenders of the rights of minorities do not manifest themselves.

That passive or active resistance campaigns are not launched.

That it is not pointed out, it is required.

Let us not plant ourselves.

The inability to connect three dots is surprising: what we do - our lifestyle -, what we are experiencing - extreme weather - and what we know about human-induced global warming.

Partly because it is relatively easy to articulate grievances against others, claim justice against third parties, it is quite another thing to assume our share of responsibility as citizen-consumers and act accordingly.

And yet, what is at stake is much more than what is denounced in the sum of all the recent mobilizations.

The biggest threat to democracy and social welfare comes from climate change, which will at least intensify current problems, as has happened with the pandemic.

Those who, on the contrary, are organized and respond reflexively are the deniers.

The

, along with

not suspected of having a leftist agenda, recently lamented conservative activists' boycott of "

," that is, efforts to push forward a more economic growth agenda. sustainable and environmentally responsible.

And since the battle for ideas is forged in words, to disqualify it, skeptics have labeled it “

capitalism ”, something like “neo

” (here we speak of “green dictatorship”).

And yet his alternative embodies the image of a “sleeping capitalism”.

For lack of vision, for unconsciousness, for embodying the impotence of inaction.

It could be argued that in some cases anticipating the coming disaster can generate more rejection than support.

But unfortunately, there is no time for approach therapies.

This is indicated by the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

We will be reminded of this by every temperature record we reach this summer.

Wake up.

@evabor3

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