The problem on the unsinkable Titanic was not zero lifeboats. For sure, there were not enough of them; after all, the Titanic had been certified as unsinkable, thus why waste money and space on lifeboats?
Yet the real problems were: unequal access to those lifeboats that were on board; lack of training for how to lower those lifeboats safely into the sea; lack of training for how to cope with the panic of a disaster while trying to organize an emergency evacuation; lack of proper supplies stored within the lifeboats, together with the lack of trained crew to manage the boats, the supplies and the survivors, under extreme stress.
Let’s call all of the above: Lifeboat Justice. Now comes shock doctrine & disaster capitalism expert Naomi Klein with salient comments on what justice means within the context of a climate emergency, as relayed from a recent interview. Archival images added by DP.
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DP takeaway:
Lifeboat Justice will emerge from the struggle for Climate Justice within the emergency, as it deepens and unfolds.
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