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And that is indeed what it's always been about, back to the days of Margaret Thatcher, when the British government first incentivized researchers to produce evi
by throwaway7312 9y ago
And that is indeed what it's always been about, back to the days of Margaret Thatcher, when the British government first incentivized researchers to produce evidence showing carbon caused global warming, and not the reverse[1]. It's always been about taking out Thatcher's political enemies in the fossil fuel industry.
AGW is a terrific example of how political campaigns can go viral and become their own self-sustaining anti-fill-in-the-blank movements, given the right mix of ingredients.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-m09lKtYT4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-m09lKtYT4
- samiru 9y agoExactly. Somehow we humans are built in a way it is very easy to plant ideologies and make them spread in the society. If you somehow get a group to feel collective guilt for something, you are already halfway of achieving your goals. Groupthink takes care of the rest. I suppose it is the same mechanism in work as for religions in general.