Me: Why do you fight?
Naomi Klein: it's a cauldron of forces that keep me going, of emotions. Not to be too witchy about it. You heard a little of the rage that keeps me going. But it's also fear... (Thread)
(transcribing bc @NaomiAKlein's final words in our interview are 💛🔥)
Naomi Klein: it's a cauldron of forces that keep me going, of emotions. Not to be too witchy about it. You heard a little of the rage that keeps me going. But it's also fear... (Thread)
(transcribing bc @NaomiAKlein's final words in our interview are 💛🔥)
"I fear for the world that we've created unless we change course. I fear for my son & his friends. And all of us: it's not just the kids we have to worry about
"I want better for us
And I think that that comes from a place of love
I deeply, deeply love the natural world & find it unbearable to think of the depletion of wonder & beauty & the unnecessary hazards we're creating for people who deserve none of this. And for non-people
And I think that that comes from a place of love
I deeply, deeply love the natural world & find it unbearable to think of the depletion of wonder & beauty & the unnecessary hazards we're creating for people who deserve none of this. And for non-people
"And so, it's a mix of fear, rage and *lots* of love that keeps me going
"And I don't think we have an option to give up. I think *that* is the ultimate luxury product in this age of massive & disgraceful inequality - this idea that we can just kick back and watch it burn
I just have nothing but disdain for the people who imagine that as an option
I just have nothing but disdain for the people who imagine that as an option
"Because even imaging that as an option comes from a place of such privilege, the vast majority of people on this planet are just thrown into the fire through no choice of theirs - mostly through choices of ours
"So this is a moment where we really need to decide whose side we're on. And we really need to fight
Coz it is a fight
Coz it is a fight
"And that's one of the things I learned in the Sanders campaign. My god, they came at us, it was a hydra-headed beast...
But the thing I really felt so much is that there's so damn many of us. And people want to come together
But the thing I really felt so much is that there's so damn many of us. And people want to come together
"That was the beautiful thing of being part of that campaign - and watching people who had been discarded rise up and say 'We want something better'.
And we got fucking close. We got really close
And we got fucking close. We got really close
And I think once you you feel that, once you really feel like, 'Oh actually they lied to us: they told us we were marginal, but we're not: we're many!' 💪
People long to fight for people they don't know and to be part of something bigger than themselves
And once you glimpse that - and goddam Bernie, he gave us all a glimpse of that - we're not going to let go of it.
And once you glimpse that - and goddam Bernie, he gave us all a glimpse of that - we're not going to let go of it.
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You can watch this part of our interview here 👇
