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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite First, it was “global warming.” When that didn’t get the job done — it didn’t cover enough weather-related events — they went with the more inclusive “climate change.” And now, “the existential threat of our time.”
Welp, apparently there are still too many “climate deniers” out there, fighting the climate loons climate-conscious folks every step of the way. So what’s the climate-change crowd to do?
According to a recent University of Cambridge research paper , suspend at least part of the U.S. Constitution, implement authoritarian control, and do whatever the hell they want to do. Any questions? This actual Cambridge research paper argues that in order to solve climate change we need to take an “authoritarian approach” and go full-blown 1984 😑 https://t.co/mMk6A170ra — Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) January 6, 2022 The paper’s author begins with the question, “Is authoritarian power ever legitimate?”
Interesting question, the answer of which in part is also a question: “Held by whom for what purpose(s?” The other part of the answer, as it relates to government, is “No.” And when held by left-wing loons who are hellbent on forcing their policies on society, the answer is an emphatic “Oh hell no.”
Author Ross Mittiga writes: Is authoritarian power ever legitimate? The contemporary political theory literature — which largely conceptualizes legitimacy in terms of democracy or basic rights —would seem to suggest not. I argue, however, that there exists another, overlooked aspect of legitimacy concerning a government’s ability to ensure safety and security. Mittiga suggests that while under normal conditions, “maintaining democracy and rights is typically compatible with guaranteeing safety, emergency situations” call for emergency actions. Conflicts between these two aspects of legitimacy can and often do arise. A salient example of this is the COVID-19 pandemic, during which severe limitations on free […]
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