11/1/2023 0 Comments What is the opposite of progressWe wanted that prize in the west, Iraq's oil. Do we think Iraq would have been invaded if their major export had been asparagus ? Probably not. In terms of the Middle East, our thirst from fossil fuels is a major driver for illegal wars. N: The first part of it is simply that climate change is already driving conflict. The Kyoto protocol was legally binding and now we are moving towards more volunteer, meaningless, non-regulations.į: Why would a climate deal be our best hope for peace? In the name of security, they would do almost anything, but in the name of human security, of protecting life on earth, there are loads of talk but no serious regulations of polluters and even the deal themselves they want not to be legally binding. It is exposing the double standards in a very naked way. They give loads of wonderful speeches but they do not change laws. We are here to discuss an existential crisis for humanity and it has never received crisis treatment from elites. The fact that it is unfolding in Paris during the climate summit is really exposing the subjectivity of what gets declared a crisis and what does not. So I think this is very familiar, using a crisis and using people's fear to push through policies that they already wanted to push through like restrictions on privacy, on movement for people, restricting refugee entry, all of this, it is a pretty classic example. What Brussels has experienced is so extreme. There were certainly increased police presence and more restrictions but this idea of just a complete blanket ban of demonstrations in cities, I don't remember ever seeing that in North America. Bush did not ban marches and protests across the board. Some of what we are seeing is worse than what happened after 9/11.
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