05-31-2017, 09:26 AM
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?
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?
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.