Klein attempts to present the battle for climate change as the battle of the masses against the elites, while in reality, it will be a battle of the society against itself. In the situations described above, the masses had everything to gain and nothing to lose, while the elites had everything to lose, and almost nothing to gain. I find this parallel to be inaccurate when considering the issue of climate change. As she states in continuation of her concluding chapter, “both of these transformative movements forced ruling elites to relinquish practices that were still extraordinarily profitable, much as fossil fuel extraction is today.” To validate her concepts, Klein uses parallels with fighting against slavery and colonization, which took a great deal of direct action from the masses. The conclusion section is the weakest part of the book, however, since here the author is forced to step away from the comfort of research articles and newspapers and venture into the unknown territory of opinions and ideas that were never tried out in real life. While there are still some individuals who would, the majority will not. Numerous researches reflect on how growing ecological distress affects our daily lives, and there is no point in arguing that. One does not need to look far for proof – the incident with British Petroleum was the greatest ecological catastrophe since Chernobyl. She quotes Werner, saying that the battle for Mother Earth “includes direct environmental action, resistance taken from outside the dominant culture, as in protests, blockades and sabotage by Indigenous peoples, workers, anarchists, and other activist groups.”Īs it was mentioned in the past essays, Naomi Klein’s points about the impact of extraction and capitalism on our biosphere are all accurate and trustworthy.
Massive social changes, riots, protests, and demonstrations are the key to victory, according to Klein.
There are two main ideas that the author tried to convey to the readers in the final chapters of her book – that pollution negatively affects the fertility of humans, plants, and animals, and that for the planet to survive, the society must take control.
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