The current mainstream movement is nonviolent to the point of absurdity, whereas their militant counterpart is basically nonexistent

That’s probably because the politicians in the pockets of the fossil fuel interests made laws declaring it terrorism, with ridiculously long prison sentences.

Now that they’re doing the same with peaceful protest, though, it’s no wonder that people are reverting to direct action. Not much point in going with the least effective option as long as you’re only hurting corporations and the punishment is roughly the same 🤷