Never underestimate your opponent?
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In my latest book (Self Defense for Radicals), I turn to the late Patrick Swayze for activist inspiration. Let me explain: In the classic 1989 film, Roadhouse, Swayze inhabits the role of James Dalton, head bouncer at a seedy establishment called the Double Deuce Club. Dalton is armed with a PhD in philosophy from New York University and his three rules of bouncing:
- Never underestimate your opponent
- Take it outside
- Be nice...until it's time to not be nice
Note to those striving for enduring social and eco-change: It's time to not be nice.
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Being nice has gotten us undrinkable water, polluted air, and sometimes—inedible food. Being nice has us believing that coal is clean, nukes are green, and climate change can be reversed by switching to recycled toilet paper.
3 Rules of Greening
Let's keep our eyes on the ball here. Follow these three rules to get going on getting greener, in any situation.
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