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The fate of the Earth hangs in the balance in Bali, but the issue is not whether humanity will succumb to a “climate crisis,”...The real theme of this United Nations gabfest—like that of its 12 predecessors, and of the hundreds, if not thousands, of related meetings --is whether globalization and trade liberalization will be allowed to continue, with a corresponding increase in wealth, health and welfare, or whether the authoritarian enemies of freedom (who rarely if ever recognize themselves as such) will succeed in using environmental hysteria to undermine capitalism and increase their Majesterium. ...
Just at the point where Marxism was being consigned to the dustbin of history, the more or less concealed power lust that had fed it found a new cause in the environment. The fact that the UN’s 1992 Rio conference followed hard on the collapse of the Soviet Union represented almost the passing of a poisoned baton. Capitalism had once been the enemy because it was alleged to make people poor. Now it was the enemy because of the alleged side effects of making them rich.
..."Progressive" pols, meanwhile, have embraced environmental alarmism because it gives a much-needed boost to their flagging relevance.
...[Kyoto and KyoTwo] are not about effectively addressing specific problems, they are about exploiting ignorance about climate science, and continuing to demonize capitalism, in order to make ecocrats feel good, make others feel bad, pad incomes, and expand travel schedules.
Democratic governments have no choice but to cater to the ignorance/alarm/hypocrisy engendered in their electorates. This catering in turn reflects greater or lesser degrees of cynicism, skepticism, or moralistic bloviation.
“KyoTwo"??!?!?!
Great post, as always. Couldn’t agree with you more! Hope more people discover your work through your Grande Conservative Blogress Diva nomination. If you want the extra traffic, that is. . .
I enjoy all-natural Global warming myself. Too bad I expect it to end shortly with the sun entering a less-active phase. Stay warm!
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