Wouldn’t blowing up a pipeline just be like, an ecological disaster? Or is this a pipeline that isn’t active yet?
Movie ads are getting smarter these days
I would like to thank the federal government for raising awareness that this movie exists. Wouldn’t have happened without them.
the book is also good
sounds like it’s the movie to see this year :~)
The movie is from 2022: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Blow_Up_a_Pipeline_(film)
yeah… I looked that up as soon as I commented haha
The audio book is on Spotify too.
Not the same though - the book is non-fiction. Still great though. And no reason not to enjoy them together.
FBI must not be familiar with the Streisand effect
Even the right-wing reviewers who hate the premise admit it’s a well written film in the vein of heist thrillers.
It’s a really good movie. Not particularly useful if you actually want to destroy something - they were careful to get a consultant to make sure they didn’t break any laws or create liability for themselves or the studio. If you didn’t see it in theatre, you missed out! I’m really glad the feds are wringing their hooves over it, it deserved much better marketing. It is destined to become a cult classic.
Related, there’s actually a rundown on a bunch of the opsec problems with it: https://anarchist-archive.org/library/en/hakan-geijer-popsec-how-not-to-blow-up-a-pipeline
It’s a good story, and would be extremely bad to follow as a recipe. But it would be a good movie to watch with a very small group of like-minded friends.
The beauty of it is – the people you go with don’t have to be ‘like-minded.’ You can enjoy Oceans Eleven without endorsing theft, you can enjoy HTBUAP without endorsing sabotage. If your friends feel it crosses a line, that’s a very interesting post-film discussion: Why isn’t it disturbing for people to root against the ‘house’ in Oceans? Is it okay to break the law to get rich, but not to do it for justice?
one reason solar is a great energy source is it’s decentralized
But then a couple dozen bros can’t hoard wealth and power. It’s like you don’t even care about the capitalists. Bruh
You already had me at decentralized, but now I am fully erect.
Came
Also, How to blow up a solar panel seems a bit boring, honestly.
Those giant solar arrays where they focus all the energy up at one tower would be badass to blow up.
Don’t do it, we desperately need more of those, but I imagine it would be sparkly.
sadly, no - you still need high quality silica, and advanced facilities to manufacture the photovoltaics. Imagine it like you buying coal and using coal to power your house. yes this coal is cleaner, and runs for 10-20 years, but there are not many coal plants.
all power sources have the same problem of centralized sources of materials and manufacturing, so it doesn’t make solar any worse than the others
but the other energy sources have the problem of centralization once they’re implemented
this may seem stupid/naive, but geothermal does not have any such problem. it is effectively a ac (heat pump). Nuclear too does not require complex manufacturing. it still requires mining, but so do almost all electrical solutions too. but beyond that, they are just rocks that pretty much perpetually dissipiate heat. if you go for betavoltaics, they directly give electrons, and can charge stuff.
if the fascists hate the movie this badly it is probably good and everyone should watch it. i’m looking it up.
It’s a good movie, but like others have noted, this is not how you do it. 90% of blowing up a pipeline is community building, being able to get the gear you need and carry it out with a lot of people knowing and being able to trust that they won’t rat you out. But it turns out when you have a community like that, well, you don’t need to blow up the pipeline, you can just lobby the government.
I’m sure they’re less worried about the “hows” of it all, than just the promotion of the idea in popular thought.
Yes, exactly this. The book by Andreas Malm had a review which read like “this book is less how to blow up a pipeline, and more why to blow up a pipeline”, and the movie is working on a metaphorical level to argue the case. You’re not meant to emulate it directly.
when you have a community like that, well, you don’t need to blow up the pipeline, you can just lobby the government.
I haven’t seen the movie yet; in which country is it set?
USA.
Lobbying is “begging for permission” from people who have been paid to not care. “Direct action gets the goods.”
Lobbying, protest, etc. These are effective. Money matters less than you think*. Often organising gets the job done.
- The US is a weird case there, but in general this holds.
Well, lobbying in the US means “bribing” and if you’re just going to talk to them without money in hand they don’t give a fuck. Since the film is set in the US, that kind of matters. Lobbying against oil anywhere in the world is basically just ignored. Again, direct action gets the goods.
It’s on Hulu or was It’s where I watched it not long ago and it was good.
turns out i already watched it lol
Hey FBI…
Is that Barbie Streisands house?
I liked it. Not exactly a “how to” movie but a nice escape fantasy. The East has similar eco terrorism vibes but it tries to focus on too much and misses the mark. HTBUAP is dead on focused on destroying a pipeline and tells that story well.
So do they destroy the pipeline or merely damage a part of it?
Wow, I really hope no one writes “How to Blow Up a Fractionating Column With a $20 Drone.” Pipelines are pretty easy to mass produce, but attacks on distillation towers like we’ve seen come out of Ukraine can knock out a refinery for years.
The producers of the movie: “Thank you for the free publicity! Now far more people will watch our movie than every would have otherwise.”
The Streisand effect all over again.
and violent video games inspire kids to become murderers
Someone please make “How to dismantle the Federalist Society”
