With authoritarianism on the rise & nature (including us) facing the unthinkable, it can be helpful to hear the insight & wisdom of Naomi Klein, such as in this recent interview, with George Stroumboulopoulos : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9oPh3qaEHE&t=137s
Her article: “Toxic Nostalgia, From Putin to Trump to theTrucker Convoys” is also great: https://theintercept.com/2022/03/01/war-climate-crisis-putin-trump-oil-gas/ .A quote:
“There is a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future on the planet,” said Hans-Otto Portner, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change working group that organized the landmark report released this week. If there is a uniting political task of our time, it is to provide a comprehensive response to this conflagration of toxic nostalgia. And within a modern world birthed in genocide and dispossession, that requires laying out a vision for a future where we have never been before. “