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“George Lakoff, a professor in cognitive science and linguistics at University of California, Berkeley, makes the point in his book Don’t Think of an Elephant! that when trying to get your point across, refrain from using the other side’s language. Doing so will activate and strengthen their frames and undermine your own views. Instead, successfully arguing a point requires you to establish your own frames and use language that evokes images and ideas that fit the worldview you want.

[Frames are] extremely powerful because most of our actions are based on the unconscious and metaphorical frames we already have in place. That is, once a frame’s architecture is in place, the boundaries of that frame and the associations of that frame are all taken into account in our decision making.

Lakoff emphasized in his book that reframing is not about spinning and manipulating the other party, but rather learning to express what you believe in your own language, within your own frameworks.”

Vivian Giang, Fast Company, 2018. via Pocket.

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our economic goal is for a ‘steady state’ economy (that is, an economy with a relatively stable, mildly fluctuating product of population and per capita consumption) that helps to maintain and repair the delicate balance of nature, and respects the laws of ecology and physics (in particular thermodynamics). An economy that delivers social justice for all classes, and ensures a liveable planet for future generations. In consequence, this must be a world in which women’s rights over their own bodies are paramount –for all the obvious reasons, but also so that human fertility can be managed. A world in which labour substitutes for carbon: a decarbonised economy will be a job-rich, labour-intensive economy. In it, we will do far more walking and cycling; we will not fly; we will give up meat and grow and consume local, seasonal, slow food. We will make and repair our own garments, rather than exploiting low-paid workers in far-off places. We will use both the sun’s energy and human energy efficiently.

Pettifor, Green New Deal

I will continue to make art and trade with a tailor.

H.Res.109 Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. Introduced in 116th Congress (2019-2020) by Representative Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]. Bill was re-introduced as H.Res.319 in 118th Congress (2023-2024).

[…]

(I) mitigating and managing the long-term
adverse health, economic, and other effects of
pollution and climate change, including by pro-
viding funding for community-defined projects
and strategies;
(J) removing greenhouse gases from the
atmosphere and reducing pollution by restoring
natural ecosystems through proven low-tech so-
lutions that increase soil carbon storage, such
as land preservation and afforestation;
K) restoring and protecting threatened,
endangered, and fragile ecosystems through lo-
cally appropriate and science-based projects
that enhance biodiversity and support climate
resiliency;

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The Democratic Socialists of America are committed to GND.

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… it is that lack of agency that is the cause of economic failure and social and political instability within the eurozone. Countries like Greece, Italy and even France or Germany lack the power to adjust their economies to suit domestic markets, conditions and interests. This economic helplessness enrages the public and has led to the rise of what is euphemistically known as ‘populism’. The plain truth is that Greece, Italy and France are not alone. Europe is not unique in its subordination to the private authority of globalised, dollarized financial markets. All democratic states are powerless in the face of a global monetary system ‘governed’ by private market forces. This is highly relevant to the Green New Deal. Why? Because mobile agents active in globalised, deregulated financial markets have very little interest in supporting states that need to wean economies away from dependence on fossil fuels and from the all-powerful corporations that dig up, distribute and make money from those fuels.”

Ann Pettifor, The Case for the Green New Deal.

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Green, small, liberty, power

Small, liberty, green, power

Liberty, green, small, power

Power, small, liberty, green.