July 23, 2019

Climate Change Democracy Deniers Strike Again

Dana Mathewson

There seem to be a number of good articles about Climate Change popping up lately. Power Line's Steven Hayward gives us this one, with some good comments by his colleague John Hinderaker.

This week Foreign Policy offers the straightforward headline: "Democracy Is the Planet’s Greatest Enemy.” Nice to have freedom and self-government so openly attacked. From the article:

If electoral democracy is inadequate to the task of addressing climate change, and the task is the most urgent one humanity faces, then other kinds of politics are urgently needed. The most radical alternative of all would be to consider moving beyond democracy altogether. The authoritarian Chinese system has some advantages when it comes to addressing climate change: One-party rule means freedom from electoral cycles and less need for public consultation. Technocratic solutions that put power in the hands of unelected experts could take key decisions out of the hands of voters.

I’d almost think this was a parody if I didn’t know better. Check Woodrow Wilson’s grave to see if his ghost has escaped.

The next paragraphs of the article try to draw back from this absurdity, in favor of changing democracy by lowering the voting age and allowing for more "participatory” forms of democracy, which is simply code for "change the rules until we win.” But I think we can see what the Climate Commissars really think.

JOHN adds: The idea that democracy and free enterprise are enemies of the environment is absurd. Experience shows that it is democracies that have cleaned up the environment, and socialist dictatorships that created by far the worst environmental conditions on Earth. And citing autocratic China in a positive way is puzzling. China is currently constructing hundreds of coal-fired power plants. China emits more CO2 than any other nation. While our CO2 emissions have declined significantly, China’s have only risen.

I never believe Western pundits who claim that they like autocratic rule for what it can accomplish. (History tells us such accomplishments will be scarce.) Rather, I think they like autocratic government because they imagine they will be the autocrats. Here again, history suggests that they are mistaken.

I think John has hit the nail squarely on the head, but then, he usually does. The entire article is here: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/07/climate-change-democracy-deniers-strike-again.php

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 01:32 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 Indeed he has, Dana.  As you say, it is refreshing that at least now these people are admitting to their real goal.

Anyone remember the Beijing Olympics where our athletes had to train wearing bandanas over their faces because of the pollution?  Yeah; autocracy is real clean!

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at July 24, 2019 07:07 AM (s8MXG)

2 Yes, I do remember that, Tim.
I'll bet you a nice bottle of old-vine zinfandel that these mopes who are going all soft and squishy for the Chi-Coms have never once been to Beijing -- on a good or bad air day.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at July 24, 2019 12:42 PM (rIYC+)

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