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No, the purpose of the piece isn’t any sort of real policy proposal. It’s to adapt climate change hysteria to make readers hate the rich. And capping total pro
by SamReidHughes 6y ago
No, the purpose of the piece isn’t any sort of real policy proposal. It’s to adapt climate change hysteria to make readers hate the rich.
And capping total prosperity is nothing at all like progressive taxation.
- cagenut 6y agoReducing the GHG emissions of <sector> to zero/near-zero/net-zero is not "hysteria". It is the mathematically simplest possible form of understanding the published climate science. Whats "hysteria" is trying to turn that into a political/social-beliefs debate about "prosperity" or "hating the rich" instead of a simple numbers analysis.
- SamReidHughes 6y ago> Reducing the GHG emissions of <sector> to zero/near-zero/net-zero is not "hysteria". I didn't say that was hysteria, so why are you pretending I did? The actual purpose of the Guardian piece is to give its readers more reasons to hate the rich.