Reply To: Extinction Rebellion
George Monbiot gives his voice of support to Extinction Rebellion
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/04/15/only-rebellion-will-prevent-ecological-apocalypse
“…Erica Chenoweth’s historical research reveals, for a peaceful mass movement to succeed, a maximum of 3.5% of the population needs to mobilise. Humans are ultra-social mammals, constantly if subliminally aware of shifting social currents. Once we perceive that the status quo has changed, we flip suddenly from support for one state of being to support for another. When a committed and vocal 3.5% unites behind the demand for a new system, the social avalanche that follows becomes irresistible…The time for excuses is over. The struggle to overthrow our life-denying system has begun.”