If you think the Q-adjacent populist right is scary now... wait until governments actually make serious attempts to deal with CO2 emissions. Like, beyond the so

If you think the Q-adjacent populist right is scary now... wait until governments actually make serious attempts to deal with CO2 emissions. Like, beyond the soft incentives, mild carbon taxes that do little, and the subsidies for electric cars etc? Like, real "we're gonna shut down large parts of the oil & gas sector" or "we're going to ban coal mining"... Riots, revolts, assassinations. Secession attempts from oil producing states and provinces. Wars. And not revolts in favour of carbon caps, but against it. The metaphorical ground has been covered in ideological mines by powerful energy sector interests, and the living has been too "easy" and the needed transition too "hard" (unprofitable) for some people to bear the change. They'd rather things go up in flames while they still hold their piece of the pie. Sorry to be so bleak, but I'm angry.