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AOC Says Climate Movement Must Become 'Too Big and Too Radical to Ignore'
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this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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If we are treating this like an emergency, imagine if you were a resident of the flooding in Derna, what they would do if they saw the Exxon oil executives dining on the side of a posh cafe in their suits and tie saying the death of everyone in your neighbourhood is just business?
I would very much advocate for beating them up.
At Derna, residents burned mayor's house during protests because he fucked up (he said to stay home while he knew huge rainfalls were coming).
seems like they know how to protest : now they are in the same boat
This is the way.