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2010-03-29 Home Front: Culture Wars

"Democracy must be put on hold" for "climate change"

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Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-03-29 12:48|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Great. Looking forward to a couple of centuries of elevator music...

Couldn't we send Democracy to Hawaii for a vacation instead?

Posted by mojo 2010-03-29 13:34|| 2010-03-29 13:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Read some of the comments.

Some are real Gems:

I have some sympathy for Lovelock's views about our society. Infact I find particularly disturbing the fact that even the best scientists (and all greens) appear completely unwilling (or too stupid) to deal with 'deliberate climate change' by covert military (USA) activities. Activities which have been in operation for at least 2 decades and are deliberately designed to disrupt climate/weather for hegemonic ends.

By refusing to factor-in the climatic distortions produced by this 'weather warfare', poor science about global climate change is guaranteed.

And stop insulting Loons - they are birds too!

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-03-29 14:40|| 2010-03-29 14:40|| Front Page Top

#3 This is all of a piece with Thomas Friedman's newfound love for the Chinese Communist dictatorship. If you think you're one of the smart people, and most of the people around you are stupid compared to you, and you are therefore their natural ruler, you end up pining for a system of government where you and your friends who are also smart people can rule by decree, without the messy necessity of having to persuade the not-so-smart people of how smart you are. "Climate change" is just the latest excuse; if it's not that, it's "overpopulation" or "peak oil" or "the coming ice age" or "a #5 seed in the Final Four" or anything else you can think of.

See also, e.g., Obama, Barack H.

Posted by Mike 2010-03-29 15:05|| 2010-03-29 15:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Sorry, CF - no insult to birds intended. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-03-29 15:09|| 2010-03-29 15:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, democracy sucks for the environment. That's why the old Iron Curtain countries and China have some of the nastiest polluted sites anywhere....too much democracy. Stupid git.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-03-29 16:42|| 2010-03-29 16:42|| Front Page Top

#6 I have a feeling

I have a feeling too. And my feeling is that you may be smart, but not wise.

Posted by gorb 2010-03-29 16:46|| 2010-03-29 16:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Mike: For further information, see "Cannibals All!: Or Slaves Without Masters" (1857), in which proto-socialist George Fitzhugh postulated that slavery was such a good thing, that 9 out of 10 people should be slaves.

Only 1 in 10, the elites, are able to endure the hardship of being masters. They spend their time keeping the slaves from ever getting troublesome freedom and liberty. For this they are rewarded by the grateful slaves, and feast on what the slaves produce.

In other words, Fitzhugh was a bastard who deserved a horsewhipping. However, to this day, his philosophical descendants still exist, and still want to be masters, while reducing most everyone else to slavery.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-03-29 16:51|| 2010-03-29 16:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Good point, Anonymoose.

I couldn't be a master or a slave. I hate being told what to do and I have enough issues in my own life to deal with someone's bullshit problems.

I think I will go for the profession "hermit".

Posted by DarthVader 2010-03-29 22:13|| 2010-03-29 22:13|| Front Page Top

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