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John Kerry’s statement that half of the necessary emissions cuts will come from unspecified technological fixes that are yet to be invented and people won’t need to change their way of life to cut emissions should put to rest any hopes so many had that the solution for the environmental crisis, or for any other major problem I might add, may ever come from any representative of the political mainstream, even one supposedly known as supportive to the cause, right? Something like this should snap those who were still taken by that mirage out of it, finally allowing them to start looking for and supporting real solutions and the radical or, in the eyes of most, “extremist” voices that advocate for the fundamental changes required in all aspects of life, starting with the economy and politics but also including the day to day lives of people… Or is this just as much a case of entirely unfounded wishful thinking on my part as that belief in potential mainstream solutions is for so many?

And yes, I am adding this here as a quick post because I just sent it to The Guardian as well, since simply commenting on articles doesn’t really seem to be an option anymore. And while I’m at it, I’ll also add that other comment I mentioned sending almost a month ago, since it’s rather along the same lines:

“Seeing the article about Germany’s surging Green party, I’d say that it should speak of a party that falsely lays claim on the name of Green and further reduces the already infinitesimal chances of any who might just actually be worthy of it. Of course, that’s nothing new for Germany’s Greens, the article itself also stating that for decades they’ve been altering their doctrine and methods in order to be more likely to obtain power, their desired direction aiming more and more to just delay the inevitable a while longer, probably somewhat better than the (even more) mainstream parties but definitely no longer presenting real solutions.
Let me know when some real, radical, Greens, and most preferably Green-Leftists, will be in a good position somewhere by actually relentlessly pushing for the real and desperately necessary solutions to the world’s biggest problems, putting the environment first at all costs, having something like the principles of Deep Ecology as the foundation of their doctrine, closely followed by the dismantling of capitalism and replacing it with a new system guaranteeing a decent standard of living for all and rewarding being economical, altruism, collaborating, preserving and fixing, from little day-to-day things to the entire ecosystem and human society, instead of consumption, greed, competition, exploitation and wastefulness. Now that’d be worthy of an article… Or, people being people, at least a well-written “what if”…“