A Russian-British political commentator summarized his thoughts on climate change in a seven-minute speech. What he has to say is not so much regarding the phenomenon of climate change as regarding the problem of society’s attitude. He also explained why he believes that reaching a solution is next to impossible.
The full video of his speech was shared on Twitter on January 14.
Brilliant speech addressed to our ‘woke’ youth fighting #climatechange by Konstantine Kisin. pic.twitter.com/mFS8w0t2ip
— Brandon Taylor Moore (@LetsGoBrando45) January 14, 2023
Russian-born writer, podcaster and political commentator Konstantin Kishin moved from Moscow to the UK when he was 11 years old. Kisin has written for a number of publications including Quillette, The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph and Standpoint on issues related to technology censorship, woke culture, comedy and the “culture war” in the past.
“The only way to combat climate change is through work, creation and construction” – says Kisin in his matter-of-fact speech.
As long as poverty exists, the problem of climate change will exist
During his speech, he made references to the fact that as long as he is big in the world poverty prevails, as it currently does, until then solving the problem of climate change will not be at the top of people’s priorities. But instead, how to feed their children, how to work, how to earn money, how to create a livable environment for their family, while their immune system kicks the last ones because of the unhealthy environment in which they live. He cited his birthplace, then Soviet Russia, as an example, where, despite the fact that it is not a poor country, according to his information, 20% of the population does not even have a toilet in their household.
He also pointed out that the UK is responsible for only 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions. With this, he did not excuse the country, he merely drew attention to the fact that as long as the poverty rate in places like Asia and Latin America prevails at this level, it doesn’t matter what we do on an individual level to prevent climate change, our small steps for the environment simply won’t work with effective effect.
“If the whole of Britain were to sink into the sea now, even that would make absolutely no difference to the problem of climate change.”
But what is this “woke culture”?
Kisin’s speech was mostly aimed at the part of society who claim to be followers of the “woke” ideology. The term woke culture or woke ideology spread in 2017, and its meaning, in short, is to draw attention to the injustices of society. Its name comes from the English phrase “stay woke”, referring to the fact that being awake means being aware of the disadvantages that affect the minority sections of society. “Woke” is someone who is aware of the social problems taking place in the world. Racism, freedoms, climate change, gender equality, etc. are among the most frequently discussed topics of the movement. However, due to criticism, exaggeration, and blaming the government and everyone else, a movement that seems reasonable at the beginning begins to transform into an ideology that creates more problems instead of solving them. As a result, while one half of the world raves regarding being “woke”, the other half is starting to get tired of it.
Cryptos and pollution
Among the ten largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization XRP used the least energy per transaction last year. While on the other side of the coin, it was Polygon’s network that registered the second highest CO2 emissions following Bitcoin Forex Suggest data according to Ethereum, on the other hand, once the world’s second largest mining blockchain, completed the transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism last September, reducing its network’s energy consumption by 99.95%.
