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I certainly like the idea of focusing on abundant prosperity. But... (1) How? It's not like people haven't been trying to rid the world of poverty all along.

by jmull 7y ago

I certainly like the idea of focusing on abundant prosperity. But... (1) How? It's not like people haven't been trying to rid the world of poverty all along. It's useless to suggest this without better solutions than have/are already being attempted. (2) How does that solve the problems around climate change? The gap in the logic here is immense. This just changes the subject away from climate change to something else.

roenxi 7y ago
(1) Keep doing what we are doing. The current approach is working very well. (2) Wealthy people can cope with climate change; it is the poor people who will suffer. Reducing the number of poor people is an effective way of reducing the overall suffering. > This just changes the subject away from climate change to something else. I was quite explicit about that - the France v Germany example is a great example for saying that pro-environmental strategies have actually not had a great record for making emissions drop.