2016 Hottest Year on Record (Third Record Year in a Row)

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ThisDinosaur
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Re: 2016 Hottest Year on Record (Third Record Year in a Row)

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@SW
Well, I'm pro-democracy for libertarian-ish reasons. People tend to vote their perceived self interest. Since all humans are essentially similar, voting for what's good for you often (but not always) benefits other individuals as well.

Problems happen when voters are misinformed. So priority has to be given to limiting misinformation. Especially intentional misinformation by individuals whose self interest is NOT in line with the majority. In this case, the wealthiest individuals can pay our elected leaders to distribute misinformation in schools, for example, delaying a resolution for another generation.

Maybe no answer to this will be perfect, but intervention is warranted when benefits outweigh risks. Even a Burkean conservative should agree with that.

In that vein, I was patiently waiting for a Republican to come out and say something like, "yes, fossil fuels cause climate change. They also raise the standard of living of our civilization. If you subsidize green tech companies with taxpayer dollars, the green tech CEOs will get rich at the expense of literally everyone else." Rubio came closest to saying that last year. But he sucks for other reasons.

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