06-01-2017, 04:48 PM
(06-01-2017, 02:19 PM)Galen Wrote:(05-31-2017, 09:26 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: In the end, global warming will be bad for many business interests -- from shipping to property ownership (especially along coasts). The people most hurt will be peasant farmers near current sea levels, the people most vulnerable in any societies because they have little power against their landlords and against giant corporations.
Peasant farmers are the mass support of many conservative parties worldwide. High taxes really hurt them, and governments can often do little for them that they do not already do themselves. When 'conservatism' becomes little more than an endorsement of the worst tendencies of economic elites, then where do the peasant farmers go?
Funny thing is that large corporations are trying to get Trump to stay in the Paris agreement. This is yet anther example of established players asking for regulation. Almost invariably to keep smaller players out and thus reducing competition.
The military considers global warming a risk for
(1) creating pointless instability, and
(2) putting military installations (especially naval bases) at risk of loss due to inundation.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.