Perhaps you’d agree with Fred Hoyle who, in 'The Black Cloud', had one of his characters say: ‘[Why do] we still preserve the same old social order of precedence? Politicians at the top … and the real brains at the bottom … We’re living in a society that contains a monstrous contradiction, modern in its technology but archaic in its social organization’. Most of our politicians have an education that makes them insensitive to scientific evidence, so they're good at disregarding it, but they must nevertheless calculate that the public isn't ready for an honest assessment of climate change. If that’s the case it’s a reminder of the importance of public education. A pity then, according to the TES, that evening class uptake has halved in the last 10 years.
So true. Such is the extent to which politics has been captured by vested interests that ecologically-minded voters have nowhere to cast their vote. And I'm afraid to say, not even the Greens have a viable plan. As Bill Rees once said 'The ecologically necessary is politically unfeasible and the politically feasible is ecologically catastrophic'.
I'm sorry to say that I've lost all faith in a political solution to our collective dilemma and am now focussing on 'lifeboat building' to ensure my family and I have the best chance possible of surviving the challenges to come. That said, if a 'pitchfork and torch' revolution were to start, I'd be joining them.
Sadly, I wouldn't argue with any of that Patrick.
Perhaps you’d agree with Fred Hoyle who, in 'The Black Cloud', had one of his characters say: ‘[Why do] we still preserve the same old social order of precedence? Politicians at the top … and the real brains at the bottom … We’re living in a society that contains a monstrous contradiction, modern in its technology but archaic in its social organization’. Most of our politicians have an education that makes them insensitive to scientific evidence, so they're good at disregarding it, but they must nevertheless calculate that the public isn't ready for an honest assessment of climate change. If that’s the case it’s a reminder of the importance of public education. A pity then, according to the TES, that evening class uptake has halved in the last 10 years.
So true. Such is the extent to which politics has been captured by vested interests that ecologically-minded voters have nowhere to cast their vote. And I'm afraid to say, not even the Greens have a viable plan. As Bill Rees once said 'The ecologically necessary is politically unfeasible and the politically feasible is ecologically catastrophic'.
I'm sorry to say that I've lost all faith in a political solution to our collective dilemma and am now focussing on 'lifeboat building' to ensure my family and I have the best chance possible of surviving the challenges to come. That said, if a 'pitchfork and torch' revolution were to start, I'd be joining them.