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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.
I'd like to tell Dr. Lovelock that we're on the motherfucker. Full democracy shutdown commencing in 3...2...1...
The problem with the AGW crowd is that their solutions invariably seem to involve money and power transfers that endorse or parallel the Socialist ideals. If this is TRULY a LIFE OR DEATH situation then we shouldn't be giving exemptions under the Kyoto Protocol to burgeoning economies such as China and India "because the West wasn't burdened with the same artificial constraints during its boom years"... Take the politics out of global warming or else I and many others like me will continue to thumb my nose at it. I WOULD RATHER LIVE IN A HOT, FREE SOCIETY WITH DEAD POLAR BEARS AND SHRINKING COASTLINES THAN A SOCIALIST ONE.
Environmentalism was a secret movement there and people were harassed by the secret police for doing something for the environment. This is exactly what this fool wants with his dreamed up theories. Now you just have to explain to me, i.e. how mining in Russia and Eastern Germany were environmentaly friendly. Not to speak of all the other desasters. He probably also thinks Chernobyl was a good idea.
Je me souviens.
It's like the Linux vs Windows battle. Every nerd knows Linux would be the better choice for everyone, but the public chooses Windows for convenience.
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Here's what I read from your post: "I'm a retard offering my opinion on a topic I know nothing about." Three tips to make you sound more credible: 1) post under your account; 2) use citations; 3) (optional) learn English and take some debate courses.
Fuck. You. Dickwad. Nothing like paying attention. Just because you disagree with my position doesn't mean I'm writing flamebait, and just because I call someone out as a troll does not make me flame bait.
Fuck. you.
Shoes for Industry. Shoes for the Dead.
Bravo, ArcherB. I'd given up as a long time contributor for awhile due to downmods on the Global Warming "discussion". At least you're getting an "Insightful" mod.
I declined to moderate even though I received points regularly and I recently dropped my subscription.
It just didn't seem reasonable for me to continue to support a site that rewards alarmist theories/comments based on flaky evidence.
They DO gather up monopoly power, manipulate governments, and do all the nasty things that humans with accumulate power tend to do.
fixed that for you.
Yes, I'm left. You have a problem with that?
Except all the people in power and all the people who will be in power are just paid proxies for corporates interests. Boot out this or that politician? The corporations will just pay to have an equivalent replacement. They will ensure the message changes from time to time ( Obama was given a different script to Bush) but behind the scenes there is nothing but a plutocracy. "Democracy" is just the marketing bullshit phrase used to sell yet more plutocratic power grabs.
You can't leave your country either, it's laws will follow you around. Heck, you can be arrested in international areas on the way from one foreign country to another by a country that doesn't want you competing with Las Vegas...
And you can STILL vote out the one world government.
All you're pissed about is that the US won't be the one world government with the neocons in charge.
Haven't you noticed that One World Government wasn't a problem while Cheney^WBush was in charge...