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[quote user="Stephen Forde"] [quote user="hjmaiere"]The interesting conversation is about why people want anthropogenic global warming to be true.[/quote] I don't think it has to do with tribal instincts at all. I think this whole global warming thing is just the latest embodiment...
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hjmaiere: People are interested in anthropogenic global warming because they subconsciously want it to be true . So they tell each other scary campfire stories, skillfully embellishing them with scientific jargon, nodding their heads in reassuring tribal consensus that something can and must be done...
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[quote user="TokyoTom"] [...] Sure, "a whole lot of both conscious and unconscious effort has gone into establishing and maintaining ... [AGW] ... as a primary political issue of our time". And sure, some are engaged on this effort in order to further institutionalize political authority...
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[quote user="TokyoTom"] hjmaiere : "anthropogenic global warming is a manufactured issue, selected specifically for its ability to slough off `libertarian approaches.`" While I respect your suspicions (as I have repeatedly acknowledged, unfortunately with a big government politics...
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hjmaiere : "anthropogenic global warming is a manufactured issue, selected specifically for its ability to slough off `libertarian approaches.`" While I respect your suspicions (as I have repeatedly acknowledged, unfortunately with a big government politics is now full of rent-seeking), this...
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[quote user="Jon Irenicus"] Whether or not global warming is a fact of the matter, Austrians should be discussing libertarian approaches to it, so that should the evidence ultimately be found in favour of GW, we have a ready response to silence those who'd rather use the heavy hand of coercion...
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[quote user="TokyoTom"] hjmaiere, will you be responding to my last post? [/quote] As far as I can tell, you have fairly restated most of my thesis, but I seem to have failed to fully communicate its implications. For now I will only re-emphasize that although specific people benefit from specific...
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Juan , I`m having difficulty continuing to find motivation to respond further in the face of your obtuseness, hostility and zero-sum approach to discussion. Even when we agree, you find a reason to crow and to question my good faith. You appear to not be remotely familiar with Austrian views on "environmental"...
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hjmaiere: Thanks for the more in-depth history of the war. Again, I largely agree with you as to the culpability other others for our imperial behavior - extending a long way back. But distinctions are still in order. It is the current crew who are responsible for invasion and ongoing bloodbath, and...