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Climate Policy Is a Money-Making Opportunity for the Elite

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  • #16
    Originally posted by seanD View Post
    The naivety, or just stupidity (or you're just so wrapped up in this cult you can't see it) of leftists like you is assuming billionaires (typically the class with the biggest carbon footprints) are going to sacrifice their lifestyles and the lifestyles of their children for the sake of "saving of the planet." It's not going to happen. Their aim is for peons like you and I, outside of the billionaire class, to sacrifice what little quality of life we have. The fact the Davos crowd is pushing so hard for these policies would be a red flag to anyone with even sliver of common sense.
    You write such nonsense. Progressives don't assume billionaires are going to do anything other than be selfish greedy psychopathic exploitative billionaires. Pretty much the whole point of progressive policies is to use government power to make the billionaires stop hurting everyone else. It's all about being against the elites and using the power of government to rein them in.

    Meanwhile you've been utterly deluded by the right-wing propaganda outlets that are owned and paid for by those billionaires, into thinking the best thing is to not bother to police the billionaires at all, and make the government so small they can drown it in the bathtub and then get away with anything at all they want. You say "deregulation" and "small government" and they're laughing at you all the way to the bank, because what those words mean is "no rules for the billionaires, they can do as they please". You've been utterly duped and tricked into supporting the elites every step of the way and pushing for the exact policies they want.
    "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
    "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
    "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Starlight View Post
      You write such nonsense.
      Well, then - that settles it!

      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Starlight View Post
        You write such nonsense. Progressives don't assume billionaires are going to do anything other than be selfish greedy psychopathic exploitative billionaires. Pretty much the whole point of progressive policies is to use government power to make the billionaires stop hurting everyone else. It's all about being against the elites and using the power of government to rein them in.

        Meanwhile you've been utterly deluded by the right-wing propaganda outlets that are owned and paid for by those billionaires, into thinking the best thing is to not bother to police the billionaires at all, and make the government so small they can drown it in the bathtub and then get away with anything at all they want. You say "deregulation" and "small government" and they're laughing at you all the way to the bank, because what those words mean is "no rules for the billionaires, they can do as they please". You've been utterly duped and tricked into supporting the elites every step of the way and pushing for the exact policies they want.
        The wealthy class are the ones pushing for it at these global wealth meetings and some of the biggest outspoken advocates of climate change. This is why I don't take leftist arguments like you about climate change seriously, because you're simply denying reality. Yo tell yourself lies to sooth your cult beliefs.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
          You really are amuzing. Sometimes I think you post drunk.
          Back before I posted on this forum I would have said nobody could be as absolutely out of touch with the world and so totally brainwashed and rear-end-backward in their understanding of politics as I've found you to be.

          But you're not even the most delusional person on this forum.

          No wonder the rest of the Western world thinks America's a basket case... I'm a well-informed well-educated person and when I say things that are sky-is-blue level obvious about US politics, you think I'm drunk... says a lot about how brainwashed you personally are and a lot about the state and country you live in.
          "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
          "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
          "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Starlight View Post
            But you're not even the most delusional person on this forum.....
            You still hold the number one spot, eh?

            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #21
              I think the biggest problem with overreaching plans like the "green new deal" is that they think they can force change before the market is ready for it. Just like Biden's pipeline. He canceled the pipeline before there are was any alternative for the energy it would supply. Meaning that the "replacement" for the pipeline isn't "green new jobs" but just plain unemployment for all of the workers and forcing energy companies to continue to transport that same oil via truck and train instead. Which pollutes more than the pipeline.

              I think if we let renewable energy replace fossil fuels naturally, the market will adjust naturally and so will jobs. As the technology of electric cars gets better and the infrastructure for recharging them gets into place, the price and range of the electric cars will match gas, and people will start to buy them instead of gas vehicles. Which will lead to a reduction in fossil fuel use, and so on.

              But the government is running on scare tactics and trying to force change instantly, with no technology in place yet to replace the fossil fuel infrastructure. That just leads to unemployment and resentment.

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