Did you notice that although the logic seems to be that "global problems need global solutions", it is also true -- probably more true that...
...Global solutions need global problems.
There is an entire industry devoted to inventing global problems. And it isn't industry.
...Global solutions need global problems.
There is an entire industry devoted to inventing global problems. And it isn't industry.
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1396010066143285251
The "environment" is the organising principle of the transfer of power from national governments to global political institutions, embedding it above democracy.
We climate sceptics are often accused of being 'oil industry funded denialists'. It isn't true.
In fact, the people who began this process of using the 'environment' as a pretext for transferring power away from people were oil tycoons like the Rockefellers and Maurice Strong.
In fact, the people who began this process of using the 'environment' as a pretext for transferring power away from people were oil tycoons like the Rockefellers and Maurice Strong.
That movement is now into its sixth or seventh decade. It has fully captured every institution and agency that comprises the UK state. And that is why the government is much more interested in #NetZero - at your expense - than in meeting the needs of its population.
If you peer under the hood of this movement, you will discover two important things.
1. The green movement has almost zero popular support.
2. Virtually all environmentalism, from street-level to establishment environmentalism, is funded by a small number of billionaires.
1. The green movement has almost zero popular support.
2. Virtually all environmentalism, from street-level to establishment environmentalism, is funded by a small number of billionaires.
From XR to the WWF, *none* of it would exist were it not for the world's richest people using it to secure their interests.
This is what @BorisJohnson means by "global problems need global solutions".
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This is what @BorisJohnson means by "global problems need global solutions".
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"But that's a conspiracy theory", you scoff.
Sure.
When did we get to vote for this global green agenda?
When did we get to scrutinise and debate the process of global green institution-building?
No, it's not a conspiracy theory. It's political theory.
Sure.
When did we get to vote for this global green agenda?
When did we get to scrutinise and debate the process of global green institution-building?
No, it's not a conspiracy theory. It's political theory.
Here are some of its premises.
1. Elites tend to prefer global/supranational politics.
2. Global political institutions are disconnected from ordinary people.
3. There is no democratic global authority.
4. The 'environment' is the only legitimising basis for global authority.
1. Elites tend to prefer global/supranational politics.
2. Global political institutions are disconnected from ordinary people.
3. There is no democratic global authority.
4. The 'environment' is the only legitimising basis for global authority.
That makes the recipe for the convergence of interests and political ambitions, at which point power can be secured away from scrutiny of the governed. There is no global 'demos'. "Global solutions" are the answer to the "problem" of democracy.
"But why do you hate nature & the environment!"
I don't. I think they are important, but are things with subjective importance, which can be protected or exploited properly by democratic political norms. We don't need special environmental politics or global institutions.
I don't. I think they are important, but are things with subjective importance, which can be protected or exploited properly by democratic political norms. We don't need special environmental politics or global institutions.
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