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The utility of violence isn’t in the violence itself, but only in the threat of it. It creates immediate behaviour change, but only for so long as the threat is active.

The value of violence

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Violence is such an unavoidable feature of life that it tends to appear in any conversation that starts about half a bottle in. And in any given wine-fuelled conversation that broaches the subject of violence people usually assume that violence is necessary, or that it’s some kind of pathology. What these perspectives mean is that any conversation that circles the issue of violence will end in a fight between people who are for violence (or inured to it), and people who are against it (or don’t think it’s real). This isn’t really a very interesting conversation to me. A more interesting question to me, is when is violence actually useful? So, rather than asking questions about the necessity of it, we might be better served asking questions about the utility. Because looking at utility highlights something that would probably make us think of violence a little differently.

The utility of violence isn’t in the violence itself, but only in the threat of it. It creates immediate behaviour change, but only for so long as the threat is active.

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Sustainability discussions often prioritise saving the planet, missing the fact that the planet doesn’t care about climate change. Maybe we should focus on the imminent death and disease instead of the planet’s feelings.

Saving the planet is an illusion

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I think it would be fair to say that anyone who cares about sustainability is very frustrated by the perception of a lack of progress. I think there’s something interesting about the talk about it that unreasonably adds to all the frustration and panic about its apparent pace. It lies in the arguments about why sustainable change is needed.

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