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If you scroll down to the bottom of this thread you’ll see a ton of flagged and dead posts from people who question this stuff. There are plenty of normal peopl
by Dig1t 3y ago
If you scroll down to the bottom of this thread you’ll see a ton of flagged and dead posts from people who question this stuff. There are plenty of normal people who doubt the scientific conclusions of climate scientists. It doesn’t help that the solutions to the problem almost always seem to be taking away freedoms and raising taxes.
See: farmers in the Netherlands getting their farms taken away by the government, French folks rioting over increased taxes, ULEZ cameras in London fining people for driving in the wrong neighborhood, etc.
It seems that the solutions are all sticks and there are no carrots.
The majority of people want to fix the problem, myself included. But I also deeply care about the growing authoritarianism that we are seeing across the world.
I want to decouple fixing the climate from authoritarian governance.
- lastiteration 3y agoThis is exactly right. Let's engineer solutions that are technologically based and better than what we currently have, not increase government control over people. Freedom is at least as important as the climate. A solution that is mandated is not the same as a solution that emerges organically as better both for the user AND the environment.
- fnimick 3y ago> Freedom is at least as important as the climate. This is a value judgment, not an absolute statement, and should be addressed as such. Should you have the absolute freedom to pollute as much as you want if it harms your neighbors? What if a solution exists that is better for you and the environment, should you have the freedom to not take it if you don't care about the harms to those around you? Do you view having to have emissions controls installed on your car as an unjustifiable infringement on your freedom?