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FirmhandKY -> Exactly Where I Suspected Global Warming Was Going ... (2/8/2008 2:38:24 PM)
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Dinnaja just know this was in the works? [:)]
The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy
Climate change threatens the future of civilization, but humanity is impotent in effecting solutions.
Even in those nations with a commitment to reduce greenhouse emissions, they continue to rise. This failure mirrors those in many other spheres that deplete the fish of the sea, erode fertile land, destroy native forests, pollute rivers and streams, and utilize the world's natural resources beyond their replacement rate.
In this provocative book, Shearman and Smith present evidence that the fundamental problem causing environmental destruction--and climate change in particular--is the operation of liberal democracy. Its flaws and contradictions bestow upon government--and its institutions, laws, and the markets and corporations that provide its sustenance--an inability to make decisions that could provide a sustainable society. ... the authors conclude that an authoritarian form of government is necessary, but this will be governance by experts and not by those who seek power.
Now, I know that many people who "believe" in Global Warming/Climate Change are good intentioned .... but as I and some of the others have said on these forums, the problem is the way, method and people who seem to be most deeply "on board" with it ... seem to have their own power agenda.
Now here comes a book that gives them philosophical justification.
Expect to see their arguments showing up on in the media, and on the forums over the next couple of years.
Firm
edited to add focus:
I'd really not like to get bogged down in whether or not Global Warming/Climate Change "exists" or not, but rather, on the political impact of that belief system existing.
That ok? [:D]
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