Comments by "Jason Dashney" (@jasondashney) on "The Final Years of Majuro [Documentary]" video.

  1. 1:01:10. Here's where I don't really understand the concept of culture. I never have. These people are certainly not in any way living like their ancestors did. Their culture is a mashup of traditional and American cultures. Look at their homes, at what they wear, at the fact they aren't like "What's that black box with the smooth front you are pointing at me?". Every generation thinks their culture is "the" culture, yet it morphs with each generation. The Arkansas mayor had it right when he said that today is the "Good ole days" to the people growing up now. I think people need to let go of culture as soon as it becomes detrimental. It's not rigid. It changes anyway, and you can't really fight that. Your culture is literally just a product of where you happened to be raised. That's 100% pure chance so why do we hold on so dearly to it?
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  2. Yeah there's really something to be said about not wasting your efforts fighting a lost cause. So many people spend their whole lives fighting something that's inevitable.
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  3. Yup. For me the big one is "Mischieve-ee-us" instead of "Mischiev-us"
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  4. 33:15. This activist is like Karl Marx. She understands the problem, but has a terrible solution. She purposely wants to avoid facts and data and instead go for the heartstrings against people who only care about facts and data. If you're trying to stop a big oil company, the ONLY way you'll get through is to give them facts and data about how they could be best served doing something else. Appealing to their sense of generosity will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever cut it, especially when you're trying to disrupt ALL of them. I'm a very logic person, so the poem tugged at nothing. I rolled my eyes. Feelings will not get you out of this. Only pragmatic logic can help you at this point so you may as well get on with it or you're just wasting your time. International groups do not have much control at all of oil companies. And great, you got countries to say 1.5 instead of 2. I fail to see the impact. If the scientists all said 1.5 was a pipe dream, then it's a pipe dream. Most countries don't even pay their proper dues to the UN, yet you expect these countries to really step up to the plate in a sacrificial way to help this international consortium? Fingers crossed.
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