I had a good laugh watching this video. It's obviously true. Politicians work for the wealthy and powerful. Citizens are not powerful, but corporations are. So a crafty politician will say one thing to people while facilitating the destruction of the earth hand in hand with corporations.
Many of us don't need these videos anymore. If we created maybe 10 more clever videos like this will we stop the killing of ducks in tailings ponds? Would 100 stop greenhouse gas emissions completely?
Obviously not, though using these clever tools isn't a bad idea. It challenges the almost total state (corporate/government/police) domination of thought and discourse. You may have noticed that you aren't allowed to say (and possibly think) every thing you like. But through seeing this video, one or two people might wake up. And that's a good thing. Transformations are usually incremental. So we must continue to produce these excellent productions and grow our numbers.
But that's not enough to save ducks and stop climate change. We must think about our tactics more holistically.
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I agree with the clever use of educational tools, but I'm not so sure about this idea of 'tactics'
ReplyDeleteAre we in a war? Do we have the intention of killing?
I don't think so. I think we just want to spread critical thinking skills.
We don't want to convert, manipulate, or force anyone into becoming politically informed.
So what is there left? Perhaps, all we can do is appeal to our fellow beings, and find what common ground that does exist. I don't want to take the spirit out of the idea of the fight, but I don't know if its a good metaphor considering the way that the idea of tactics has been used.