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Why has modern environmentalism failed to build a real mass politics? In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I’m joined by Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War, to talk about why mainstream climate politics has so often been trapped in consumer guilt, lifestyle moralism, and elite discourse, instead of building power through class politics, labor, energy, and production. We discuss why carbon footprint politics became such a dead end, how the PMC shaped green ideology, why so much environmental messaging alienates ordinary people, and what a serious socialist approach to climate change would actually look like.
In this week’s Backroom episode on Patreon, I go further into degrowth, the degrowth debate, and the conflict between ecological limits, abundance, socialism, and industrial modernity.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Abundance & Degrowth (The Backroom Preview)
00:03:45 Why climate activism failed
00:07:00 Climate change as class war
00:09:10 Production, not consumption
00:16:58 Carbon taxes and backlash
00:19:43 Agriculture and emissions
00:33:45 The left, growth, and electrification
00:39:27 Oil, Canada, and industrial politics
00:41:06 Degrowth vs abundance
00:49:03 The PMC problem
00:56:21 Why green politics alienates workers
01:24:00 Farmers and the working majority
01:31:12 Environmental health and populism
01:40:28 Nitrogen, industry, and decarbonization
01:45:56 Electrification and climate jobs
01:49:46 Backroom preview
GUEST:
Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War
Book: Climate Change as Class War
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Outro Music by Karl Casey
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#ClimateChangeAsClassWar #Environmentalism #abundance
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: patreon.com/OneDime
Why has modern environmentalism failed to build a real mass politics? In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I’m joined by Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War, to talk about why mainstream climate politics has so often been trapped in consumer guilt, lifestyle moralism, and elite discourse, instead of building power through class politics, labor, energy, and production. We discuss why carbon footprint politics became such a dead end, how the PMC shaped green ideology, why so much environmental messaging alienates ordinary people, and what a serious socialist approach to climate change would actually look like.
In this week’s Backroom episode on Patreon, I go further into degrowth, the degrowth debate, and the conflict between ecological limits, abundance, socialism, and industrial modernity.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Abundance & Degrowth (The Backroom Preview)
00:03:45 Why climate activism failed
00:07:00 Climate change as class war
00:09:10 Production, not consumption
00:16:58 Carbon taxes and backlash
00:19:43 Agriculture and emissions
00:33:45 The left, growth, and electrification
00:39:27 Oil, Canada, and industrial politics
00:41:06 Degrowth vs abundance
00:49:03 The PMC problem
00:56:21 Why green politics alienates workers
01:24:00 Farmers and the working majority
01:31:12 Environmental health and populism
01:40:28 Nitrogen, industry, and decarbonization
01:45:56 Electrification and climate jobs
01:49:46 Backroom preview
GUEST:
Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War
Book: Climate Change as Class War
FOLLOW 1Dime:
• Substack (Articles and Essays): 1dimereview.substack.com
• X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial
• Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman
• Check out my main channel videos: youtube.com/@1Dimee
Outro Music by Karl Casey
Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.
#ClimateChangeAsClassWar #Environmentalism #abundance
