On a recent podcast, Scott Adams almost had a meltdown when confronted by the evidence that many of his listeners believe "climate change" hysteria is all about a power grab by those promoting it. He says this means people have been hypnotized by the media they get their news from.
There's a flaw in his belief: I don't partake of the "news", and the "news" I accidentally get exposed to is from all over the statist map. I also don't know whether AGCC is real, whether it is a net negative, or anything else about it-- other than the fact it doesn't justify violations of life, liberty, or property by any government.
Yet I do know he's wrong to deny "climate change" is about a power grab, and here's why.
He makes the mistake of insisting that someone show him the one person who is seeking to consolidate his or her power using the excuse of "climate change" through something like the "new green deal". That's looking for the wrong thing.
Every "law" increases government power. This means any new "law"-- no matter what it's about-- is a power grab for the whole collective known as "government". Any individual who has hitched their wagon to that coercive collective is going to gain power with each new "law". Of course, any individual connected to government, who lusts for power, is going to advocate for something which will increase government power and will, therefore, increase the individual government cog's power. Maybe not to the point of that one person being the King of Earth, but enough to cause that person to advocate for the new "law". In the hope of gaining power. That's a power grab.
It's neither mysterious nor a conspiracy theory. It's human nature and the nature of the political means.
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It was my understanding that it was to fund a global government too, no? I remember reading about the carbon tax and what it would be used for, and I'm pretty sure that was the angle behind it. It's not just a power grab but also a financial one.
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Scott came back later and said that since all government is a power grab, saying "Climate Change" is a power grab is the same as saying nothing. Nice backtrack... not.
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