Roger Hallam (co-founder of Extinction Rebellion) : "Because this issue is bigger than democracy, or whatever you want to describe, what's left of it right now, when a society acts so immoral, democracy becomes irrelevant." But who determines which problem is "bigger" than democracy and makes it irrelevant? And how is this problem solved, if not in the democratic process? In the end, is there a dictatorship of the good, the morally overarching? (SPIEGEL online 7.10. via google translator)
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this is the moment when LOVE has to enter the scene. i am not talking about gentle interaction. no christian murmur purring, no aesthetic left-liberal daydream. that’s why i use capitals: because it is not a lukewarm draft, but a powerful carrier wave. the LOVE that is necessary now means: pro and contra, enthusiastic earth warriors and cozy consumption preservers, extinction rebellion and capitalists trying to breathe out and to focus head to head on our planet - and to evoke a common LOVE which was a natural gift of mankind in former times and passed away unnoticed. do you see the difference? WE EVEN DON'T HAVE TO LOVE EACH OTHER. we will not be able to establish LOVE in human interaction, politics, clashes unless we evoke our common LOVE for mother earth. we need that first. for earth rescue. and because SHE will teach us LOVE. she is the original LOVE-TEACHER. no matter if you call her matter (sic!), nature, planet, gaia, sophia or maria. it’s one.
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NB This is an older Text published only on social media in october 2019. As an Addition to all thoughts concerning clima-activist movement / mother earth i should be inserted in this collection.
