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You know how "#realist" is a synonym for "#asshole?" As in, "I'm not a racist, I'm just a #RaceRealist?" That same "realism" is used to discredit democracy, among self-styled "#LibertarianElitists," who claim that social science proves democracy doesn't work - and can't work.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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You've likely encountered elements of this ideology in the wild. Perhaps you've heard about how our #CognitiveBiases make us incapable of deliberating, that "reasoning was not designed to pursue the truth. Reasoning was designed by evolution to help us win arguments."
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Wichtiges Thema und richtige Schlussfolgerungen. Aber bitte, bitte, bitte nicht immer wieder die #TragedyOfTheCommons hervorkramen und Menschen als reine Egoisten framen. Ein 🧵zu #Kooperation, #Gemeingütern und #ClimateAction
Zuerst mal zur Idee der Gemeingüter als "Tragödie" von Garrit Hardin: Wie Felix Lobrecht in der Sendung richtig sagt, Hardin "war ein ziemlicher Rassist". Und das ist noch nett ausgedrückt (2/10). bit.ly/3pZVc0u
Hardins Argument basiert außerdem auf einem überholten, neo-liberalen Welt- und Menschenbild, das kaum mit der Realität zu tun hat. Wie konstruiert 'homo eoconomicus' eigentlich ist, erklärt z.B. @KateRaworth in ihrem Buch #DoughnutEconomics (3/10) bit.ly/36gpSDL
Excellent reddit post 👇
(TL;DR The answer is debt agreements + the fact that a commercial property’s value is a function of its rent. With so much on the line, Landlords prefer to “pray and delay” rather than accept a drop in value.)
(The obvious problem being that if all the shops on a street do this, it even further amplifies the decline of the neighbourhood 🔁) #tragedyofthecommons
1/ By now, you’ve probably seen the massive, 66-page climate history by @nathanielrich in @nytmag. But did we actually come perilously close to acting on climate - and was it human nature that stopped us? grist.org/article/what-t…
2/ “Almost nothing stood in our way - except ourselves.” That’s how Rich frames the problem. In some ways he’s right: climate change is a difficult problem, or a “wicked problem”, as social scientists say.
3/ It has no simple solution, no silver bullet. It requires dedicated, intergenerational work to solve. It’s difficult for humans to make decisions when faced with long-term harms.
