Hi Dilip:
As we have discussed, I think Libertarianism believes too much that mankind will follow the "light" side of human nature, and that therefore, both government and laws can be kept to a minimum..........just my 2 cents worth.
Dilip: "the governments to educate the masses on what various facts are, and what the probable outcome from those facts is believed to be possible"
Me: The problem is that the powers that be, both government and non-government (Read Oligarchy), do not want the masses to know the truth. They might demand better! So the authorities mislead, challenge the truth (Fight the science - the right-wing strategy), obfuscate, and generally try to muddy the waters. In this they are assisted to a large degree by mainstream media who often just repeat the propaganda. So we "little" electors have a h*ll of a time ferreting out the truth. And so sometimes the authorities get it right, and come clean, and other times they are pursuing their own agendas, which means lots of non-transparency with the public.
In my view, they understand the climate change issue, and are willing to have some of the truth seep out. But vested interests are holding back the radical societal change required to avoid species' suicide.
This is not an argument against government.......but it is a cautionary tale that we must always be monitoring our human systems........we cannot just leave it to the experts.
But, of course, the ordinary elector is buried in his/her own life problems (Inflation, family difficulties, poor working conditions and pay, etc.) and simply is often too tired to have the energy to try to ferret out the truth. So the ordinary person often ends up saying: "Whatever.......sigh".
All of this does NOT bode well for human progress..........and I am considered an optimist!
~ Bob A (T-S/P)
As we have discussed, I think Libertarianism believes too much that mankind will follow the "light" side of human nature, and that therefore, both government and laws can be kept to a minimum..........just my 2 cents worth.
Dilip: "the governments to educate the masses on what various facts are, and what the probable outcome from those facts is believed to be possible"
Me: The problem is that the powers that be, both government and non-government (Read Oligarchy), do not want the masses to know the truth. They might demand better! So the authorities mislead, challenge the truth (Fight the science - the right-wing strategy), obfuscate, and generally try to muddy the waters. In this they are assisted to a large degree by mainstream media who often just repeat the propaganda. So we "little" electors have a h*ll of a time ferreting out the truth. And so sometimes the authorities get it right, and come clean, and other times they are pursuing their own agendas, which means lots of non-transparency with the public.
In my view, they understand the climate change issue, and are willing to have some of the truth seep out. But vested interests are holding back the radical societal change required to avoid species' suicide.
This is not an argument against government.......but it is a cautionary tale that we must always be monitoring our human systems........we cannot just leave it to the experts.
But, of course, the ordinary elector is buried in his/her own life problems (Inflation, family difficulties, poor working conditions and pay, etc.) and simply is often too tired to have the energy to try to ferret out the truth. So the ordinary person often ends up saying: "Whatever.......sigh".
All of this does NOT bode well for human progress..........and I am considered an optimist!
~ Bob A (T-S/P)
Comment