Science Climate views

There are things that are even more unrealistic on climate change than the Tail End risks and Deep Adaptions mentioned above. I have zero tolerance for those ultra tail end and ultra deep adaption views  “Since we only have a few months left  We Got to Start Eating Babies" /s  

So in light of that I support Extinction Rebellion

I support XR's use of casually getting arrested to pressure law makers to focus harder on fighting climate change

XR getting themselves arrested to fight climate change is similar to the strategy by MLK JR (one of XR's guiding inspirations which is really awesome) in calling for civil disobedience to end segregation who like with XR , was directed toward all who were willing and able, regardless of race or color. Thankfully XR is committed to diversity (including in diversity in terms of styles of engagement i.e a person does not need to volunteer for a prison term in order to be an active member of XR) and solidarity 

I am more than okay with XR's fourth demand : "for a just transition that prioritises the most vulnerable and indigenous sovereignty [and] establishes reparations and remediation led by and for black people, indigenous people, people of colour and poor communities for years of environmental injustice."  This is a reasonable demand 

I think that XR needs to get the support of the Working class on their side to be more effective. To quote professor Karen Bell "XR needsthe broad-based support necessary for a radical transition to sustainability requires contributions from all strands of environmentalism, especially working class"  

The Labour party's Lisa Nandy said "calls for individual action can't just be modelled on the lifestyles of middle class city dwellers".  By XR shifting toward getting the help of the Working class, that would by extension help them fill their diversity commitments and help them fulfill their fourth demand more effectively.

I support XR's third demand to go beyond politics "Extinction Rebellion's third demand ("Government must create and be led by the decisions of a Citizens' Assembly on climate and ecological justice"

I agree with Natasha Josette of Labour for a Green New Deal who wrote in April 2019 in the The Independent that XR should recognize that  (in her words): "the climate crisis is the result of neoliberal capitalism, and a global system of extraction, dispossession and oppression"

I echo from The Independent, Amardeep Dhillon's criticism of XR's narrow focus on net zero carbon emissions . Like Dhillion I believe that XL should not ignore extractivism and the threat to the environment that is constituted by companies in the extractive sect using greenwashing as a shield to advance their economic interests.  Like Dhillion I believe that XR's should not give carte blanche to governments and corporations (who are more than content to shift the weight of climate destruction onto communities stricken with povety poor and indigenous communities of colour in the global South)

I support XR's citizens' assembly to force policies to fight climate change as that is a bold way to do so that cuts through the green saviorism bureucracy (like mentioned above with greenwashing companies)

I passively condone XR's refusal to take stances on issues beyond the environment, since XR does this in order to gain as big of a base of support as possible (though banning organizing community groups based on political identity might be a stretch). Though I would like XR to at least take an Anti Capitalism stance. 

Capitalism is pretty much NOT compatible with sustained life on Earth. It is naive and ignorant to pretend that a proposed climate solution which retains capitalism is any type of solution at all." By XR failing to take up an anti-capitalist position it undermines XR's credibility by lending indirect support to huge companies who are responsible for environmentally destructive behavior