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So you're turning being held accountable into somehow furthering lack of accountability. Not that I think the agreement is super perfect, but that still sticks
by thinkfurther 9y ago
So you're turning being held accountable into somehow furthering lack of accountability. Not that I think the agreement is super perfect, but that still sticks out like a sore thumb.
> Let's fund solar power and electric cars
You've always been free to do that. You still are. Instead of, say, waging a war of aggression for control of oil, littering the world with military bases, all the while complaining about the specter of a "world government" -- which is anything but the US desires of hegemony, right? No problem with the main superpower being a brute instead of a boon, but a huge problem with the means to defend ourselves. Also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-zWrhFqpM&t=49m38s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-zWrhFqpM&t=49m38s , and for now in general I'll just say "no". Not good enough. Too little, too late.
- narrator 9y agoIt's weird how some people seem to think the only two alternatives are neo-con world empire or give all our money to some other guys who aren't accountable to the U.S taxpayer or hardly anyone at all. Can't the American government do pro-climate things itself instead of paying money to someone else whose only qualification is that they don't have any reputation yet for corruption because they haven't done anything yet?
- thinkfurther 9y agoI actually agree, I would prefer more voluntary action, too. But what's keeping the US from doing these things, other than "the" US itself?