"That’s why whenever I have assigned blame for our inaction in the past, it’s been 60% right-wing deniers/disinformers (including politicians) and 30% the media. And let’s not forget the “Think Small” centrists and lukewarmers — the mainstream intelligentsia — who also helped shrink the political space in the debate to the range depicted in the top figure. Let’s give them 5%. There just is not a lot of blame left for enviro denialism, whatever that is-- ..The end to hyper-consumerism is not something amenable to legislation. I’ve argued that it is most likely to come when we are desperate — when the reality that we are destroying a livable climate is so painful that we give it up voluntarily, albeit reluctantly, like a smoker diagnosed with early-stage emphysema. I’m not in denial on the science or the economics, but unlike Klein, I try hard not to be in denial about the politics."
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:10:29 +0000
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