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This only works up to a point. First, European voters may well decide that they don't care about carbon emissions that much; with every economic downturn, the
by inglor_cz 3y ago
This only works up to a point.
First, European voters may well decide that they don't care about carbon emissions that much; with every economic downturn, the green parties tend to lose votes and the far right gains.
Second, "reeducation by tariffs" will produce resentments that may bite us back. I can see the reverse happening later; e.g. India adding extra tariffs to its own products unless we accept Hindutva.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> European voters may well decide that they don't care about carbon emissions that much This is tautology--of course it won't work if people don't want to do it anymore. > India adding extra tariffs to its own products unless we accept Hindutva If someone is stupid enough to do this, they don't need a reason.
- inglor_cz 3y ago"If someone is stupid enough to do this, they don't need a reason." Politicians love to play tit for tat, because that gives them a plausible excuse for the masses. And you may underestimate the weight that ideologically based states put on their official ideology. IDK if it will be Hindutva and India, but we will likely see some Chinese attempts to enforce their own sensitivites. They already try to do so at universities which have a lot of Chinese students.
- throwbadubadu 3y agoReeducation? I don't understand this. If I have whatever believed higher standards to something (be it carbon-free, worker protection, no child work, or whatever) but other's on the global market do not, and it makes things massively cheaper, I can only have tariffs or drop my standards (or not care about competitiveness of my industries). What other alternatives exist?