The Problem With Direct Action Movements

" extinction rebellion has always said that climate change is a serious threat, but we cannot propose the solutions because we don't have a democratic mandate," he says. "If we can take a lesson out of the last 30 years, it's that the standard electoral methods cannot provide the solution to climate change." 'I see that as inherently more realistic than hoping that we can just all kind of like put our 20 minutes of voting a year towards solving the problem and expect it to get better,' adds Pissarides.