Normally I don't get bent out of shape if someone makes their point with poorly chosen words. But seriously: > A bit more totalitarianism is not a bad thing.

Normally I don't get bent out of shape if someone makes their point with poorly chosen words. But seriously: > A bit more totalitarianism is not a bad thing. No, what you want is increased government effectiveness with respect to environmental responsibility. This can be achieved without totalitarianism AND IN FACT must be achieved without totalitarianism if it is to be effective at all. Can we stop or change a totalitarian government? Well, by definition no we can't. Only the totalitarian government can do that. If we have a totalitarian government that decides to protect the environment today, then we also have a totalitarian government that can decide to trash the environment completely tomorrow. And given how many assholes seem to like to grab for the reins of power within totalitarian governments, I don't like our chances of maintaining a benevolent, environmentally responsible totalitarian government for long enough for us to actually protect the environment. The global totalitarian government doesn't help the environment. We need global consensus that humanity would like to live on a non-garbage fire earth and then governments that are able to enact the will of the people. Anything else is going to quickly result in greater, long term environmental damage.