Liberal Blindspots

“The ‘just transition’ idea may have its roots in the labor movement, but here in Europe it’s become more of a liberal shibboleth, and I don’t hear working-class people talk about a just transition. The vision presented is basically: ‘this world, but without the emissions.’ But there is just no understanding of working class experience. It’s all, ‘Come on, care! Be concerned about this heat pump, get behind dropping meat from your diet one day a week, be part of this transformation.’ And for what? The same as now. Nothing changed about the status quo, the structures, the norms, what it’s possible to hope for and aspire to… The lie being that the liberal middle classes of the global North are the carriers of the light, the masters of our future, the saviors of humanity. But liberalism is now destroying the foundations of life.” Also see.