Ruth, my comment is in the form of a question. If in the interest of combating global warming and climate catastrophe, BIden were to call the CEOs of all the American oil companies to the white house and say to them: Either you all present me with a program to decrease fossil fuel emissions, or I am going to nationalize the industry and …
Ruth, my comment is in the form of a question. If in the interest of combating global warming and climate catastrophe, BIden were to call the CEOs of all the American oil companies to the white house and say to them: Either you all present me with a program to decrease fossil fuel emissions, or I am going to nationalize the industry and run it in such a way so as to decrease fossil fuel emissions, would you say this action fits the playbook of an authoritarian leader, or is justified in the face of the climate catastrophe we all face? I note that "nationalization" is not new in America.
That would be an invitation to Fascism. At this point in time, a Democrat would never again, be elected to office. You have to have overwhelming public support for such a move. Biden is at 45%. Not a good idea. Check out polling, folks don't even believe in climate change.
At this point in our evolution of corporatocracy, Biden does not have the power to enact such a demand on oil companies. More accurately, they tell him what to do. The push for corporate power has been going on for many decades now, but especially since the rise of the Mont Pelerin Society and the neoliberal order. The POTUS is more like a figurehead now, than a real source of power. The real power lies BEHIND the Congress, POTUS and SCOTUS. The authoritarianism that we have, lies in the form of business power, yearning for fascism.
Ruth, my comment is in the form of a question. If in the interest of combating global warming and climate catastrophe, BIden were to call the CEOs of all the American oil companies to the white house and say to them: Either you all present me with a program to decrease fossil fuel emissions, or I am going to nationalize the industry and run it in such a way so as to decrease fossil fuel emissions, would you say this action fits the playbook of an authoritarian leader, or is justified in the face of the climate catastrophe we all face? I note that "nationalization" is not new in America.
That would be an invitation to Fascism. At this point in time, a Democrat would never again, be elected to office. You have to have overwhelming public support for such a move. Biden is at 45%. Not a good idea. Check out polling, folks don't even believe in climate change.
Agree, people not believing in climate change (climate catastrophe) are selfish and ignorant on purpose.
Thanks, I like "catastrophe" better. More accurate.
I read it somewhere & have started using it myself! yah, much more accurate -- every day it's something!*
At this point in our evolution of corporatocracy, Biden does not have the power to enact such a demand on oil companies. More accurately, they tell him what to do. The push for corporate power has been going on for many decades now, but especially since the rise of the Mont Pelerin Society and the neoliberal order. The POTUS is more like a figurehead now, than a real source of power. The real power lies BEHIND the Congress, POTUS and SCOTUS. The authoritarianism that we have, lies in the form of business power, yearning for fascism.
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