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James Lovelock Suggests Suspending Democracy To Save the World
mosb1000 writes "Climate scientist James Lovelock claims it may be necessary to put democracy on hold to prevent a global climate catastrophe. He goes on to say that the best remedies may be adaptation techniques such as building sea defenses."
Lovelock is famously the creator of the Gaia hypothesis.
if if only only we we had had the the technology technology
i suppose if we can suspend democracy and civil rights to fight the TERRORISTS,
we also can suspend them to stop global warming...
...stepping on a human face forever.
It's going to be a Birkenstock.
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Elect me benevolent dictator and I promise to limit my term. I'll step down as soon as all of the world's problems are fixed.
Maybe if he burned down the Reichstag, he could get the emergency powers he needs!
To fight terrorist porn. Or was it child terrorism?
93rd rule of Slashdot: No matter how obvious my sarcasm is, my comment will be taken seriously by someone.
Oh, don't be so cynical. All it would take is for everyone in power to radically rearrange their priorities, stop caring about keeping/accumulating more power, and to begin putting the welfare of humankind ahead of their own. Easy peasy.
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
Further, big businesses have way too much influence on our politicians, media, and public opinion. We're essentially a bribeocracry.
Table-ized A.I.
You are absolutely right. After reading the GP and your comment. A one world government isn't a monopoly. One can always choose to move to the moon or Mars.
Instead...they succeeded in their stated goals, bringing happiness and prosperity to all?
Wait...
One that hath name thou can not otter
Litres? Petrol? What in the hell are you talking about? SPEAK ENGLISH!!!
Um, 1861 to 1865, you might want to check those years out, seems your Encyclopedia set might be missing them.
I'm going to start a new society, with environmental concerns in mind, fair government for all, true democracy, with blackjack and hookers.
On second thought, screw the environment, democracy and fair government.
Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
I volunteer to work as a humble civil servant in your society, and for a supreme sacrifice to the cause, for the sake of loyalty, purity and clarity of purpose, I'm willing to forgo the blackjack.
Fucking brilliant. What could be more fair than one person, one vote, majority rule, world wide?!
Just think, instead of arrogant Westerners and their so-caled human rights running the show, we could have a truly democratic world government dominated 2nd and 3rd world fascists sharing their enlightened values with us! Oh blessing of blessings!
Why, we could bring about a truly egalitarian society in a generation! A whole fucking planet living in mud huts, herding goats.
anthropomorphic climate change?
"The sun has got his hat on,..."
How can you have true political freedom if you don't have economic freedom too?
Voting for who is going to take all your stuff is an inalienable right of man.
It's what Gaia would want. She needs his body and soul returned to the mother nest.
I am becoming gerund, destroyer of verbs.
I'm on a college campus with a bunch of very pretty young women, so I'll agree that walking around naked when it's hot should be mandatory.
these are just nazis without the cool uniforms
Hmmm, doesn't really leave much appealing does it? For all their faults, Nazis did at least know how to dress to look awesome.
Sounds an awful lot like Nevada.
Hey, I remember reading H.P.Lovelock. Awesome horror, dude!
Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
About this time in the process, the moon would have turned to blood, the tyrant would have overcome his mortal wound, and the 666 on our foreheads and hands would be fully functional for buying our morning coffee.