Reply To: Extinction Rebellion
Profile of XR activist
http://news.trust.org/item/20190501014534-01oz0/
“…she wanted to provoke a mass refusal to repay debt that would upend the financial system.
“Economic growth tends to require the taking of resources from the Earth. So something has to change on a debt-based economy,” said Bradbrook, sitting in the group’s central London headquarters next to a coffin with “Our Future” written on the side.
“That would entail a mass refusal to pay off mortgages and student loans,” she said.
“Debt resistance” groups in Britain, the United States and elsewhere argue that refusing to pay debts would spark discussion about alternatives to the global economic system….”
54 percent of adults agreed that climate-change threatens our extinction as a species
22 percent said they supported the aims and tactics of Extinction Rebellion, with 32 percent in disagreement.
