Monday, 23 December 2019
A badass person
It doesn't matter how cynical a chap is when it comes to explanations, something weird happens to people when they become celebrities. For example, this from the climate jamboree a couple of weeks ago -
MADRID, Spain — Climate Depot Note: Climate skeptics are not being well received here at the UN summit in Madrid. Famed Canadian Environmentalist David Suzuki — who had just declared that “Capitalism is at the heart of what is driving” climate and “we’ve got to throw the system out” — refused a copy of my new Climate Talking Points report. Suzuki instead shouted at me on December 10: “You are an evil person.”
I responded: An evil person?
Suzuki: “Yes, you are. You are an evil person.”
Suzuki later added, “You are a badass person. And I am sure you are proud of that.”
According to this source David Suzuki's net worth is about $25 million. There is nothing wrong with that, but when he says “we’ve got to throw the system out”, what does he think he means? It's a slogan and he must surely know it's a slogan. Celebrity does things to people - badass things.
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4 comments:
Money baffles reality here...
More money from bollocks makes even more money!
When he throws the system out, he can throw some my way.
All very strange. Why are Greenies anti-capitalist? '
True "capital" is primarily labour saving devices (hooray!) but also includes energy saving devices. These LED light bulbs use a lot less energy (and produce lower emissions) than lighting your home with candles. Modern TVs use a lot less electricity than the old CRTs, and so on.
Scrobs - yes, if it makes money never mind the bollocks.
Sam - I have a sneaking feeling he intends to keep it in spite of years and years of virtue signalling.
Mark - hard to make sense of it in pragmatic terms but anti-capitalists seem to view green politics as their best strategy.
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