From 164c7d2b943ade6f7450268fea85b3907f4208e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:12:41 +0100 Subject: reading log: xr declaration of rebellion --- reading-log.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/reading-log.md b/reading-log.md index 55c836b..81cde5a 100644 --- a/reading-log.md +++ b/reading-log.md @@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ author: Joe Carstairs ## 2025-04-23 +### @{xr-declaration} + +'This is our darkest hour'. 'The science is clear -- we are in the sixth mass +extinction event and we will face catastrophe if we do not act swiftly and +robustly.' Doing nothing is madness. Since the Government has failed to protect +us from this threat, democracy and the social contract are not in effect and it +is our right and 'sacred duty' to rebel against the Government. We demand that +we 'apply informed solutions' and convene a National Assembly. We rebel +peacefully. + +The Declaration has hope in it: there is hope that by rebelling against the +Government, instituting true democracy, and listening to the scientists, we can +avert catastrophe. It is rousing rhetoric. I felt roused. It depends on hope +that we can avert catastrophe, though, but at the same time it emphasises what a +slim hope that is, which also leaves me feeling stressed and depressed. + ### @{inconvenient-truth} Big idea: global warming is happening, you can do something about it, reduce -- cgit v1.2.3