# Quote — Naomi Klein, On Fire

> Suddenly we are no longer prisoners of the never-ending present in our social media feeds. We are part of a long and complex collective story, one in which human beings are not one set of attributes, fixed and unchanging, but rather, a work in progress, capable of deep change. By looking decades backward and forward simultaneously, we are no longer alone as we confront our weighty historical moment. We are surrounded both by ancestors whispering that we can do what our moment demands just as they did, and by future generations shouting that they deserve nothing less. (from "The Art of the Green New Deal")

- Author: [Naomi Klein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-klein.md)
- Book: [On Fire](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-klein/on-fire.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Naomi_Klein#On_Fire:_The_(Burning)_Case_for_a_Green_New_Deal_(2019)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-klein/on-fire/suddenly-we-are

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> Paying for It Will Create a Fairer Economy

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> That bleak view of humanity--that we are nothing more than a collection of atomized individuals and nuclear families, unable to do anything of value together except wage war-has had a stranglehold over the public imagination for a very long time. No wonder so many of us believed we could never rise to the climate challenge. But more than thirty years later, as surely as the glaciers are melting and the ice sheets are breaking apart, that "free-market" ideology is dissolving, too. In its place, a new vision of what humanity can be is emerging. It is coming from the streets, from the schools, from workplaces, and even from inside houses of government. It's a vision that says that all of us, combined, make up the fabric of society. And when the future of life is at stake, there is nothing we cannot achieve.

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> It Can Raise an Army of Supporters

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