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[-] alyaza@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

The solution here is to just provide enough cooling methods I would say. I feel putting this in a wider ‘capitalist and climate’ frame is a bit overdone.

in what way? Saudi Arabia is already so hot (and at times humid) that going outside at all is potentially lethal--in no small part because it is a capitalist petrostate whose existence is predicated on cheap oil warming the planet--which also renders much of the Hajj literally impossible to do in any safe manner since it must be done outside. the climactic and capitalistic ties are fairly obvious here to me.

also, it's worth noting, the article explicitly notes one problem (of several) with your proposed solution:

Technological adaptations such as air-conditioning do work. But they are not available to all. Nor are they fail-safe. During a heat wave, many of us turn on the aircon at the same time, using lots of power and raising the chance of blackouts. Blackouts during heat waves can have deadly consequences.

[-] tardigrada@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As I said, I fully support that this is an issue, and it's a good article. I wouldn't have expected to be in this commmunity. When I see a comm called 'Socialism' I wouldn't expext an analysis on the Haji in Saudi Arabia. But it's a big problem for all of us, and especially for countries like SA where it's already been hot even before the climate change, of course.

Addition: Global coal demand is on the rise as you might have read, just posted something. Why has that been deleted?

[-] alyaza@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago

When I see a comm called ‘Socialism’ I wouldn’t expext an analysis on the Haji in Saudi Arabia.

i mean, no offense but: virtually all contemporary subjects are shaped by class conflict or capitalist hegemony and it seems like it'd be a much better use of time for socialists to explicitly and plainly make those connections, than endlessly theorypost or relitigate the anarchist/communist or social democrat/socialist or Trotskyist/ML splits

[-] tardigrada@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

That's perfectly alright. As I asked above in this threat, I don't understand why this has been just deleted. But, again, it's on you. That's your server. No two people agree on everything.

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