Greetings Economists,
On May 13, 2008, at 4:03 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
I doubt that global warming will ever be an incentive to active
political organizing. It is too obviously something that can not be
affected locally or even nationally.
Doyle;
I think a movement can built out of a workers culture that is a
response to global warming. I'm not convinced that people can manage
weather changes without a terrific political reaction.
Climate is nebulous, it's the community pressures that matter. The
economic imbalances between nations on the large scale react to global
warming. What people do locally (U.S., developed countries or others
aspiring to that) is related to having cars, houses in the suburbs,
and lots of energy. In our lifetimes this will arise as a formidable
shaper of political currents between states. And within states how to
address the problems. I don't think it a stretch to see suburban
living collapsing and like the migration from farms into the cities
causing a reformation in the U.S.
Everything about the current election shadows this question. An
inchoate Obama force arising? Repudiating Hillary? What's the vote
telling us? Mainly the old white racist system is falling apart out
of decay. The promises of the culture are directly in conflict with a
realistic response to the climate change. Every new Katrina foments a
stronger political culture against the 'American Dream' of home, car,
and energy.
thanks,
Doyle Saylor
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