06-01-2017, 02:19 PM
(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.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises