“Confronted with the helplessness of a real disaster that can only be solved through the collective action you've been told is both impossible and a Communist plot, you retreat to an individualistic disaster fantasy that you can play an outsized role in. Every crisis – the climate emergency, poverty, a toxic environment – is replaced by ‘bad people’ and you can go get them.” @pluralistic pluralistic.net/2024/11/24/mal ht @shonin @GhostOnTheHalfShell