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Sometimes I wish that we could depoliticize the environmental debate - but as environmental damage is externality, it is inherently political, someone’s balance
by GreeniFi 8y ago
Sometimes I wish that we could depoliticize the environmental debate - but as environmental damage is externality, it is inherently political, someone’s balance sheet wins at the expense of someone else’s.
We probably need to recognize and own that reality.
- deogeo 8y agoThere's a difference between being political, and divided across party lines in the US. Similar to how the 'torches of freedom' campaign associated cigarette smoking with women's lib [1], by tying anti-environmentalism with the conservative identity, the polluters assure the debate remains hopelessly divided, and nothing gets done. The reason the environmental debate is so divisive (in the US - I haven't noticed the same in Europe), is because it's profitable to keep it so. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom
- eigenspace 8y agoIt's pretty shocking how easy it is for disinformation campaigns to derail any semblance of coherent, thoughtful discussion on climate change.