Would you join the Green Party or not? What aspects of green values do you believe should be ideally incorporated into a "green" party? Do these align, do you think, with the Green Party? Also, are the Earth First! activists justified in their actions?
(Optional extra question for fun: If you were to run for political office with the Green Party/your ideal "green" party, who would you seek out to be your celebrity endorser and why?)
I do not see myself joining the green party. I agree with a lot of their views and stances on environmental issues, but there are also a lot of things that I do not agree with. I think that they put a lot of the blame on the top 1% of the country, which happens a lot. I do not see this as fair or right.
I do not agree with their stance on the redistribution of wealth and I also do not see how giving money to those outside the formal monetary economy would work. I think they have all these ideas but there will not be any money to fund the process. This country is in enough debt as it is. They want to "Restructure our patterns of income distribution to reflect the wealth created by those outside the formal monetary economy: those who take responsibility for parenting, housekeeping, home gardens, community volunteer work, etc." This whole concept just would never work in our society and I do not think it is a good idea for society.
However many of there views would be great to incorporate into politics and life in general. I would love America to become more grassroots driven, non-violent, equal opportunistic, sustainable, etc.. But adopting the Green Party as a whole would not be feasible or something that I would do.
I think the Earth First! activists are just trying to get their point across in an unusual way. I think if they have to burn a few bridges to do so then that seems okay with me. Yes it could be considered "foul play", but my mom always said "the squeaky wheel gets the grease".
I do not think I would want a celebrity endorser if I was to be a part of the Green Party.
Hi, Jessie! Thanks for you post to our blog question. I have to say that I think you have a great mix of reactions to the readings...do you think that the Earth First! way of doing things is what exists because some of the more extreme positions of the Green Party do not exist? In some cases, like ecological justice, I think this might be true. Also, how do you think the Green Party can balance their positions on lowering the debt with something like restructuring income distribution would work? Seems like you're in disbelief of this possibility and that is absolutely understandable - I'd want more clarity on this from the party too.
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