Trump would have been unelectable were it not for the groundwork laid by Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, two liberal heroes. Naomi Klein Read Quote
What we know is that the environmental movement had a series of dazzling victories in the late ’60s and in the ’70s where the whole legal framework for responding to pollution and to protecting wildlife came into law. It was just victory after victory after victory. And these were what came to be called ‘command-and-control’ pieces of legislation. Naomi Klein Read Quote
The reason why nothing sticks to Trump – or very little sticks to Trump – is that he created this brand idea that has to do with being the guy who gets away from it. Naomi Klein Read Quote
I think the fossil fuel industry is genuinely freaked out by the combination of the price collapse, the divestment movement, and that fact that renewable energy is getting so cheap so fast. Naomi Klein Read Quote
Shocking’ is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world. Naomi Klein Read Quote
I think I would say that there is absolutely no way to reconcile an austerity agenda with climate action. Our political class needs to understand that the fight against austerity and the fight for climate action are the same fight. Naomi Klein Read Quote
I do believe that our ability to jam the Trump brand is somewhat limited. I think we can chip away at it, but ultimately, the way to undermine the Trump brand is a better product in the political marketplace, if you’ll forgive the capitalist metaphor. Naomi Klein Read Quote
I think there’s a couple of things going on. One is that Trump’s relationship with his base is not the traditional relationship of a politician and the people who elected him, and the constituency, which is a relationship of some accountability, right? The idea is that the politicians are working for the people. They’re public servants. Naomi Klein Read Quote
I am not saying Russia is not important, but Trump’s base is very well defended against that: ‘the liberal media is out to get him’, ‘it’s fake news’, and all the rest. Naomi Klein Read Quote
