Consumption Of Earthly Vices

<p>Here is a deep dive into a fascinating, and at times, brutal response, to a post Stuart and William posted in the 'environment' subreddit in April this year (2021).&nbsp;</p> <p>In that initial post Stuart and William posed the following questions;&nbsp;</p> <p>Loneliness within climate activism, is it an overlooked issue?&nbsp;</p> <p>Any personal experiences about this potentially hidden issue within activism?&nbsp;</p> <p>They received a reply almost straight away from WasabiGlum3462, and promised to record a bonus episode in direct response.&nbsp;</p> <p>This bonus episode of the podcast released today, is Stuart and William's full analysis of WasabiGlum3462 feedback.&nbsp;</p> <p>You can find the complete original post with the following link: https://www.reddit.com/r/environment/comments/n0bry3/loneliness_within_climate_activism_is_it_an/gw60rzv/?context=3</p> <p>This is verbatim, Reddit user WasabiGlum3462 reply if you'd like to follow it as Stuart and William try and confront some of the issues raised;&nbsp;</p> <p>"It is incredibly isolating. If you're doing it right, you're likely being vilified or out right criminalized by the communities surrounding the jobs you're threatening. Sustained volunteer work takes away from other, more lucrative opportunities, and if you're already impoverished there are some inherently alienating dynamics between the college proto-liberals who are patronizing you or spending only a weekend over the summer working with your lifelong struggle. Consistent harrassment by law enforcement sucks. If you're committed to jail or prison than that is obviously isolating. There was a lot of encouragement from other crusty activists, but there were so few of us. Ofc I was an autistic, suicidal basket case whoring, drinking, and smoking constantly and skirting a range of criminal activities and always had trouble attracting friends, so I'm sure i would have felt lonely regardless. Paranoia would undercut a lot of potential friendships, though i knew i could have easily seduced any un