What do conservatives have against global warming theories? On first glance, it appears to be politically neutral. Nothing to do with taxes, abortion, redistricting, wars in Iraq (well, maybe it does).
Naomi Klein, the author of "The Shock Doctrine," explains to really deal with climate change in a meaningful way, changes need to be made that go way beyond recycling or carrying cloth bags to the grocery store. She said that liberals need to acknowledge that. Real changes would mean strong government intervention in industry, and conservatives believe that this would undermine the free market.
Too often the liberal climate movement runs away from the deep political and economic implications of climate science, which is why I wrote the piece. I think we need to admit that climate change really does demand a profound interrogation of the ideology that currently governs our economy. And that’s not bad news, since our current economic model is failing millions of people on multiple fronts.
She said that to deal with the environmental problems, government has to reject popular programs like the Keystone pipeline and put more money into infrastructure to improve public transportation. These measures are NOT going to go down well with conservatives. Liberals need acknowledge that environmental politics is ideological and start fighting the fight.
So, are you ready to fight the fight?
