“It seems to me that our problem has a lot less to do with the mechanics of solar power than the politics of human power—specifically whether there can be a shift in who wields it, a shift away from corporations and toward communities, which in turn depends on whether or not the great many people who are getting a rotten deal under our current system can build a determined and diverse enough social force to change the balance of power.” PeopleHumansEnoughProblemSeemsTurnsForceSocialCommunityDealsDependsBalanceCurrentsDeterminedCorporationsGreat MenDiverseMechanicRottenBalance Of PowerHuman PowerSolar Power Book:This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate Source: This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate
“Ads and logos are our shared global culture and language, and people are insisting on the right to use that language, to reformulate it in the way that artists and writers always do with cultural material,.” PeopleWayUseArtistCultureLanguageMaterialsAdsInsistingLogosArtists And WritersCulture And Language Author:Naomi Klein
“In a world where profit is consistently put before both people and the planet, climate economics has everything to do with ethics and morality.” PeopleWorldPlanetsMoralityEthicsEconomicsClimateProfitConsistently Author:Naomi Klein
“My favorite sign here says, "I care about you." In a culture that trains people to avoid each other's gaze, to say, "Let them die," that is a deeply radical statement.” PeopleCareDiesCultureTrainMy FavoriteStatementsRadicalI Care Author:Naomi Klein
“The deeper message that is resonating with people is that it is possible to build. It is possible to invest in people; it is possible to invest in green infrastructure; it's possible to change.” PeopleMessagesGreenDeeperInfrastructureResonating Author:Naomi Klein
“The task is clear: to create a culture of caretaking in which no one and nowhere is thrown away, in which the inherent value of people and all life is foundational.” PeopleLife IsValuesCultureClearTasksThrownInherentCaretaking Author:Naomi Klein
“Most of you didn't think that helping people share books would be a subversive act...Yet the fact is that you have chosen a profession that has become radical.” PeopleThinkingBookFactsHelpingWould BeShareProfessionChosenRadicalHelping PeopleSubversive Author:Naomi Klein
“Thing that we wanted to do was redefine what a green job was, what a climate job was. We said: "Wait a minute. There's all these people out there who are doing low-carbon work." It's not just guys in hard hats putting up solar panels. Teaching is low carbon. Caring for the sick is low carbon. Daycare is a green workplace. Overwhelmingly, this is work that is done by women, overwhelmingly women of color, on the frontlines of austerity clawbacks.” PeopleDoneGuyWaitingTeachingSickCaringWorkplace Author:Naomi Klein
“There are lots of incredible people who are working in very flawed structures that are designed to keep us apart, so we're going to have to figure this out. The first stage is just talking about it openly: We are all working within structures where there is a disincentive to do what we most need to do, which is come together. I don't know what the answer is but I definitely think that that first stage is just being honest about it and trying to speak about it in a way that is not just accusatory.” PeopleThinkingTryingTogetherSpeakHonestIncrediblesBeing HonestFlawed Author:Naomi Klein
“That's what's happening now. The world is being held up a mirror: "All roads lead here. Do you like it?" A lot of people don't like it. A lot of people are saying, "Wait a minute, if our system can produce that, there's something wrong with this system." That opening is ours to seize. It matters how we name it: It's not called Donald Trump. It's called capitalism.” PeopleWorldWaitingCapitalismYou Like It Author:Naomi Klein
“Trump's act of construction is not building a building. It is building the meaning of the name "Trump." Because his revenue really comes from selling his name to people who do actually build things. They pay enormous sums of money for the supposed privilege of being associated with the name Trump or the name Ivanka, because of that image construction. That's why it seemed like a good idea for Trump to run for president in the first place.” PeopleRunningPresidentBuildingSellingConstruction Author:Naomi Klein
“A lot of people voted for Trump because of the promises he made around jobs. And so it's a failed political strategy if the goal actually is to get Trump impeached. Trump's not going to get impeached if he's still useful to the Republican party, and the only thing that makes him not useful to the Republican party is if his base turns on him. And that's not going to happen over Russia. That's going to happen over economic betrayal. But that's not going to happen if no one knows that it's happening.” PeoplePoliticalGoalPartyEconomicPromiseRepublicanStrategyBetrayalRepublican Party Author:Naomi Klein
“The reason why nothing sticks to Trump - or very little sticks to Trump - is that Trump created his brand idea that has to do with being the guy who gets away from it. It's this ultimate power through wealth and this dream that represents in an age of tremendous economic precariousness and constrained options for so many people - that watching Trump be able to do whatever he wants to whoever he wants is this obvious vicarious kind of thrill for a certain demographic.” PeopleKindReasonDreamAgeGuyWealthEconomicUltimateObviousGet Away Author:Naomi Klein
“Catching Trump out not paying his taxes, treating his employees like garbage - none of this sticks to him because that actually reinforces his power, power over other people, which is this specific kind of power that he's selling.” PeopleKindTaxesSellingEmployee Author:Naomi Klein
“So if the meaning of the Trump brand is being the ultimate boss who has the power because he's so rich, the way you undermine that brand is by making him look like a puppet, and by showing that while he's playing gold and admiring his properties, it's actually other people making the key decisions and he doesn't really know what's going on.” PeopleDecisionRichGoldUltimatePropertyBossAdmiring Author:Naomi Klein
“You actually cannot sell the idea of freedom, democracy, diversity, as if it were a brand attribute and not reality -- not at the same time as you're bombing people, you can't.” PeopleIfsIdeasRealityPeaceDemocracyDiversitySellsBrandsAttributesBombing Author:Naomi Klein
“The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that is rejected by large numbers of the people they are ruling. Just as ecologists define ecosystems by the presence of certain "indicator species" of plants and birds, torture is an indicator species of a regime that is engaged in a deeply anti-democratic project, even if that regime happens to have come to power through elections.” PeopleIfsTryingHappensPoliticalCertainReligiousNumbersEconomicPoliticianProjectsBirdAbuseElectionPlantDemocraticSpeciesEngagedTorturePrisonerRegimesRejectedRulingIndicationLarge NumbersEcosystemsIndicatorsFoolproof Book:The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Source: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
“When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?” PeopleInspirationYoungVoiceYouthMessagesEmpowermentEmpoweringJust Do ItNike Author:Naomi Klein
“Fury is an entirely appropriate response to a system that sends young people to kill other young people in a war that never should have been waged. Yet the American Right is forever trying to pathologise anger as something menacing and abnormal, dismissing war opponents as hateful and, in the latest slur, "wild-eyed". This is much harder to do when victims of wars begin to speak for themselves: no one questions the wildness in the eyes of a mother or father who has just lost a son or daughter, or the fury of a soldier who knows that he is being asked to kill, and to die, needlessly.” PeopleKnowsShouldTryingHas BeensWarEyeYoungPoliticalMotherDiesFatherLostSpeakForeverSonDaughterShould HaveHarderVictimResponseSoldierOpponentsAppropriateFuryHatefulShould Have BeenAbnormalWildnessSlursVictims Of War Author:Naomi Klein
“Our enslavement to oil has required the repression of millions of Arab people. As they shake off their bonds, so must we.” PeopleMillionsOilShakesRepressionEnslavement Author:Naomi Klein
“Because it is such a huge crisis, because it puts us on a firm science-based deadline, it's a once-in-a-century opportunity to build a better society and address raging inequality, create huge numbers of jobs, rebuild our public infrastructure. But, we can't do it unless we break every single rule in the free-market playbook. Which is why the worst people in the world all deny climate change.” PeopleWorldJobsOpportunityNumbersBreakWorstCenturyHugeCapitalismCrisisClimateClimate ChangeDenyRageInequalityFirmAddressesFree MarketInfrastructureDeadlineHuge NumbersPlaybooks Author:Naomi Klein
“Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.” PeopleMenWorldShouldLiteratureHouseWhiteHe ManIdeologyWhite HouseOur World Author:Naomi Klein
