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The brave new woke world.

By Murray Hunter - posted Monday, 4 July 2022


Climate change has become a religion preventing real solutions

The apocalyptic narratives of climate change based upon early modelling, rather than grounded science is now preventing the world from really understanding the issues related to global warming and solving arising problems. Climate evangelists talk of doom and the needs for renewable energies, which themselves have a host of environmental problems associated with them. Solar farms themselves change micro-climates, and windfarms are dangerous to fauna. The whole sustainability of these solutions requires scrutiny.

Unsustainable mega-cities are one of the major causes of climate change, yet there is little discussion about how decentralisation and change in lifestyle can assist in lowering carbon emissions. Likewise, the oligopoly of conglomerate food manufacturers which utilize unsustainable farming techniques are contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, and now food shortages.

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Massive corporations are not eco-friendly, where alternative local arrangements for food production through community orientated businesses need to be nurtured. Food should be produced close to where it is consumed. Scaling down, rather than scaling up, together with decentralization may improve sustainability. Only sustainable environments will create equilibrium. Economies of scale economics from the perspective of sustainability must be examined.

Centralized governments have for too long sort centralised solutions, which has fostered the corrupt-lobbying culture around governments.

Funding for climate change research depends upon outcomes which support the narrative, in order to receive continued funding. The system of research funding today is skewing the true pursuit of further knowledge in the world today. Science is the victim. Climate evangelists and climate sceptics are not going to advance our knowledge in this domain. Society needs an objectivity reset, in order to better grapple with what needs to be done.

Towards a new form of feudalism

Woke ideology is being seen as an easy fix. However, this is not without consequences. There is a built-in zero-sum perspective in public debate and policy, taking away from one group and giving to another. This is certainly going to lead to more intrinsic conflict and division within society, as the consequences are seen more clearly. The gap is growing between the poor and wealthy, rightfully or wrongly in the name of inclusion and equity of outcome. Identity discrimination will change society as is already being seen in many places. Treaties and constitutional changes are already being mooted to institutionalize this positive discrimination. In multi-cultural societies where there has been intermarriage for centuries, who are the first nation people anyway?

Equity of outcome will attack creativity and innovation within economies leading to the most talented leaving for places their ideas and work will be appreciated. The further concentration of corporations will lead to fewer entrepreneurial opportunities for the middle class. The working class are reorganizing themselves into unions once again to fight the injustices of the new kleptocratic system that has been nurtured by big tech, big pharma, military contractors, bureaucracies, and government alike.

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There is a turning point away from fundamental economic philosophies that have been the inner core of the system. Its skewed too far away from free market principles towards an oligopolistic system. Oligopolies exist across all industries now. The equity principle doesn't benefit the marginalised, it just promotes the already privileged within marginalized communities who have already made it. These are the ones who control the narrative for their own ends. A look at what happening to donated funds to the Black Lives Matter organization shows this.

With zero upward mobility for the working and middle classes, an opposite ideology is emerging. This is on track to happen in the US congressional elections in November.

No one wants woke feudalism, high inflation further dividing the poor and wealthy, and a recession where the working and middle class will suffer the most. No ideology can survive a long deep recession.

The biggest mistake the left has made was to abandon the working class. As the trodden classes pay more for petrol and power, food, accommodation, and higher interest rates, while wages fail to cover these rises, a backlash is likely to occur.

 

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