An extremely useful review of huge undemocratic and unaccountable forces pushing the climate narrative. Power, money and useful idiots plus a grisly parade of the usual suspects.
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Sam Vega
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A major problem is that although the forces pushing this are undoubtedly undemocratic, they will win by using democracy. So many "useful idiots", and even though the majority are not voting green, the major parties are going more green to court them. It should be easy to survive this; we only need to hang on until the reality of approaching Net Zero hits them. But it's possible that the damage to our economy and society will then be irrevocable.
The fantasy of the value of net zero is matched only by the fantasy of the desirability of hs2. The lack of capitals is deliberate, btw, because I don't think these ego trips deserve them.
Sam - yes the reality of approaching Net Zero will hit them eventually. Our best bet is fudged targets as the brick wall becomes more visible plus some media acceptance that the wall is there.
Gaiaism is a modern term for a mysterious religious movement that has at its centre a gnosis (that is, arcane knowledge), and is one of the most fascinating enigmas in the history of religion. A complex amalgam of traditions, ideas and influences, it was an important religious phenomenon that flourished for several centuries during the Post Enlightenment era, but then seems to have been almost completely suppressed. It took many forms, and it appears to have been especially attractive for the intellectual classes scattered around the American empire. It was characterised by a sense of extreme alienation from the world, and this appears to reflect episodes of profound spiritual, psychological, social and cultural upheaval. It may have been an independent religion or a type of mystical mood or tendency, but it took hold in “mainstream” religions like Judaism and Christianity, later found expression in the “lost” dualist religion of Manicheanism, survived through the millennia in underground and heretical forms, like Boskyism and Carbonism, and versions of it live on today.
5 comments:
A major problem is that although the forces pushing this are undoubtedly undemocratic, they will win by using democracy. So many "useful idiots", and even though the majority are not voting green, the major parties are going more green to court them. It should be easy to survive this; we only need to hang on until the reality of approaching Net Zero hits them. But it's possible that the damage to our economy and society will then be irrevocable.
The fantasy of the value of net zero is matched only by the fantasy of the desirability of hs2. The lack of capitals is deliberate, btw, because I don't think these ego trips deserve them.
Sam - yes the reality of approaching Net Zero will hit them eventually. Our best bet is fudged targets as the brick wall becomes more visible plus some media acceptance that the wall is there.
Jannie - and not even sane ego trips.
Adapted from a thing on the internet:
Gaiaism is a modern term for a mysterious religious movement that has at its centre a gnosis (that is, arcane knowledge), and is one of the most fascinating enigmas in the history of religion. A complex amalgam of traditions, ideas and influences, it was an important religious phenomenon that flourished for several centuries during the Post Enlightenment era, but then seems to have been almost completely suppressed. It took many forms, and it appears to have been especially attractive for the intellectual classes scattered around the American empire. It was characterised by a sense of extreme alienation from the world, and this appears to reflect episodes of profound spiritual, psychological, social and cultural upheaval. It may have been an independent religion or a type of mystical mood or tendency, but it took hold in “mainstream” religions like Judaism and Christianity, later found expression in the “lost” dualist religion of Manicheanism, survived through the millennia in underground and heretical forms, like Boskyism and Carbonism, and versions of it live on today.
dearieme - that's good although I don't like "flourished for several centuries during the Post Enlightenment era". Sounds grim that.
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