Any move by an institution can be interpreted as totalitarian. Rather than focusing on hypotheticals, I am more concerned with are totalitarian acts that we kno

Any move by an institution can be interpreted as totalitarian. Rather than focusing on hypotheticals, I am more concerned with are totalitarian acts that we know are occurring, for example: police militarization and restricting citizen access to vote in a democracy. I’m sure you can think of many more your self. Regardless, while it is healthy to be skeptical of moves by institutions, skepticism shall be balanced by appreciation of threats to our way of life. Western civilization has been built within, and is dependent upon, a very specific and temperate climate. The activities of our civilization are very quickly perturbing the climate. This will lead to threats such as submerged industrial and commercial centers, reduced agricultural output, and mass migration of people into the borders of northern nations. We have seen historically liberal tree hugging institutions such as BlackRock and The US Defense Department, identify and begin to respond to this reality [1][2]. There are two choices, we can react to this issue, or we can be proactive about it. According to the article the legal mechanism to be proactive is insufficient >Climate litigation is important to raise awareness, shame companies and gather evidence, said Jojo Mehta, the head of the Stop Ecocide campaign. “But, what they don’t do is stop the practice” The question I have for you is, if not for the proposed introduction of law, if not for the Paris agreement, or perhaps not even for international agreements, what would you like to see be done about the issue of climate instead? To say that nothing should be done, or to deny that this is an issue at all is an implicit decision to be reactive. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/blackrock-makes-climate-change-central-to-investment-strategy-for-2021.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/blackrock-makes-climate-chan... [2] https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c420386e4b027c3bbc1713f https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c420386e4b027c3bbc1713f