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#Nature pulling *no* punches here, recommending we all do more #directAction, learning from and extending on the #nonviolent tactics that worked for #civilRights and other movements to achieve traction in the fight against #climateDestruction.

> [...] The general public is usually marginal to the policymaking process. In practice, that process is typically dominated by powerful industries and state institutions that exercise preponderant influence over both government and media. This asymmetry is especially well documented in the case of the United States but is also true, to varying extents, of all capitalist societies.

I LOVE that phrase: "preponderant influence". Well said.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-023-02507-y

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