On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 12:32 AM, Joseph Green <[email protected]> wrote:
> And so you seem to have concluded that it is wrong to separate decisively > from the "liberal/social democratic" forces; instead you accept their > program. Well, I can understand that some people have become tired of > trying > to develop a better left alternative, especially given the present > theoretical and ideological crisis of the left, but the justification you > give for this is rather weak. > > Is "corn ethanol" a "fundamentally sound program"? Are "carbon offsets" a > fundamentally sound program? Was the creation of artificial pollution > markets > via cap and trade a fundamentally sound program? Are natural gas (which is > almost entirely fracking in the US) and "clean coal" sound programs? Etc. > I call bullshit. Who exactly from the "liberal/social democratic" establishment is supporting corn ethanol, fracking, or clean coal? Not even Al Gore as far as I know, and most certainly not the likes of Naomi Klein. -raghu.
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