While we fight among ourselves, the arrows pointing in the opposite direction pull against us. The fossil fuel companies, the meat lobbies and those that oppose environmental action get a free ride. To counteract our weight, they don’t have to do that much at all. We’re too distracted fighting internally to put up any resistance to the real opponents to progress. A good principle, then, is to be wary of attacking others that we’re broadly aligned with. That doesn’t mean we can’t debate their ideas – we absolutely need this critique to make sure we’re picking effective solutions – but we should
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