Local weather change appears to impress intolerant reactions from each Proper and Left. The previous falls prey to know-nothingism in its efforts to disclaim the existence of an issue that may justify a governmental response. The latter’s tendency to catastrophize local weather change fosters help for intolerant responses. Neither is a productive response to a major problem.
This concern was the main target of a panel on which I participated on the ISMA‘s inaugural Liberalism for the twenty first Century convention this previous July. Becoming a member of me on the “Local weather Change: Liberal Options” panel was Nils Gilman of the Berggruen Institute, Joseph Majkut of CSIS, and Sluggish Boring editor Matt Yglesias. The video is under.
An edited transcript (omitting the Q&A) can also be obtainable right here.
Local weather change appears to impress intolerant reactions from each Proper and Left. The previous falls prey to know-nothingism in its efforts to disclaim the existence of an issue that may justify a governmental response. The latter’s tendency to catastrophize local weather change fosters help for intolerant responses. Neither is a productive response to a major problem.
This concern was the main target of a panel on which I participated on the ISMA‘s inaugural Liberalism for the twenty first Century convention this previous July. Becoming a member of me on the “Local weather Change: Liberal Options” panel was Nils Gilman of the Berggruen Institute, Joseph Majkut of CSIS, and Sluggish Boring editor Matt Yglesias. The video is under.
An edited transcript (omitting the Q&A) can also be obtainable right here.
