{"id":13351,"date":"2014-07-09T12:26:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T16:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=13351"},"modified":"2014-07-09T12:26:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T16:26:21","slug":"climate-change-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=13351","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change and Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

https://theroyalstagproperties.com/our-place/ From an interview<\/a> between Columbia University Press and science historian\u00a0Naomi Oreskes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Order Soma 350Mg Online Q: <\/strong>What are the threats to democracy and personal freedom posed by climate change and its effects?<\/p>\n

https://growthjourneytherapy.com/contact/ Oreskes<\/strong>: Disruptive climate change threatens democracy\u2014threatens democratic institutions\u2014and personal freedom, because natural disasters require massive governmental responses, and invite the federal government to usurp local and individual authority.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Order Pregabalin Online I’m puzzled by this statement. Can anyone elaborate on how this may play out?<\/p>\n

https://disneycruisinggroup.com/openingdaypricing/ Also, while we’re mentioning climate change and democracy in the same breath, I would be remiss in not pointing out this controversial 2007 book<\/a>, which argued that democracy, as stated in the\u00a0foreword<\/a>, was “an impediment to finding ecologically sustainable solutions for the planet.” (The book goes so far as to argue<\/a> “that authoritarianism is the natural state of humanity.”)<\/p>\n

Such an abhorrent perspective is well outside the mainstream and should in no way be ascribed to environmentalists and those concerned about climate change. But it is a disturbing mindset and as such,\u00a0cringe-inducing<\/a>. Nonetheless, some thought leaders have dabbled<\/a>\u00a0(or at least fantasized<\/a>) around the edges of it. [ https://dentalprovidence.com/about/ UPDATE<\/strong>: On Twitter, Robert Wilson reminds<\/a> me of James Lovelock’s utterances <\/a>on global warming and democracy.]<\/p>\n

So while I, too, am concerned about climate change, I’ll be keeping one wary eye on the tides and the other on what I would consider a\u00a0more realistic threat to democracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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