The Defiance of Climates?

 Climate Definace on Xitter posted a video of their people standing with linked arms outside CitiGroup in New York:

https://twitter.com/ClimateDefiance/status/1702368328247804073

This is a stupid, stupid protest. They struck a mighty blow for Climate by . . . stopping a bunch of IT executives from getting to their offices on time? Yeah, that'll work.

Worse: a bunch of those people believe in cimate change and champion Citi to pursue green alternatives (remember CitiBike?). But, as usual, the key word here is 'defiance' not 'climate.' The group wants to piss off their parents, not save the planet. Since their parents could actually dock their allowances or kick them out of their houses, they'll settle for symbolic proxies: Teh BiG BaNkS.

Now, The Big Banks got much to answer for. That's true. And historically, they certainly have done their share of climate bullshit. It's not like you couldn't point to things. The question is: why protest them? And, why like this? Who thought this was a good idea.

It's All About Eyeballs

The reason they did this, like this, is because they assert--they believe--that this action will draw attention--will roust the normies from their slumber--will Wake The Sheeple. They're not wrong that it got some attention (people in Citi IT are sharing the video and laughing at them! Mission Accomplished!) but waking the sheeple?

No--when Earth First! unrolled a fake crack down the face of the Glenn Canyon Dam, that was clever. This? This is not clever. The abrupt fear and shock created by the eco-performance of EF is light years ahead of the annoyance created by linking arms at CitiGroup HQ.

Annoying The Normies

When BLM shuts down a street by protesting normies, at least, are inconvenienced. Now, that COULD just turn them against the protests--but The Omnivore thinks it's more interesting that that. If the normie believes that the BLM complaint (extra judicial execution of George Floyd in a horiffic, televised manner) is legitimate--and they think the street being blocked is annoying, they MIGHT think: "Gosh, if I don't want to keep having to detour, maybe I could pitch in to fight against the extrajudicial execution of Floyd!?). Maybe. Maybe not--but at least the normie in question has to directly think about the issue.

In this case, the only people who have to think about the "issue" (climate? Big Banks and climate? What?) are a bunch of IT executives. Other people just look and snicker. What this really is is an ad for Climate Defiance--targeted at other activists. "Join us and you could get a news camera pointed at you--which is all you really want, to be honest."

At least Occupy Wall Street was about economic inequality. If this was being done an Exxon? Well, they'd probably get their wee little skulls broken. The same reason PETA people throw red paint on laides in furs and not bikers in leather . . . 

It's A Stupid Solution To A Real Problem

Right now half of the two-party system doesn't even believe in climate change. That's a much bigger problem than Citigroup's green initiatives (there are a bunch) not going far enough. It's also one that teenaged defiance can't really address. Sorry guys.