But... But... Doctors would say something if the vax was dangerous!
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How have you ruled out the possibility that there are good reasons that highly-educated people tend to lean liberal for reasons other than brainwashing?
I don’t know what that means.
Suppose that somebody with a PhD who has been studying a subject for over a decade as a full time job actually does understand the climate better than you do. Just imagine it for the sake of this example.
And imagine that a better understanding of the climate, based on eight hours a day for a decade of studying the climate, actually did tend to lead them to a liberal conclusion on how to address climate change.
How would you ever know if you hadn’t also spent that much time studying the climate? How could you conclude that they’re brainwashed for CERTAIN, and that it wasn’t you who was lacking the information to come to the correct solution for the problem?
I appreciate your thoughtful response.
I would argue that the perpetual crisis might have something to do with certain peoples’ reluctance to accept the solution. You can’t refuse to participate in the solution and then lambast the solution for failing because you refused to cooperate.
I would absolutely agree that more onus than is necessary is placed on individuals, with respect the climate problems. Big companies are absolutely paying lip service by telling people to buy electric cars while they themselves are causing more problems than entire cities of people.
But at the end of the day, I think you’re conflating the “swamp solution” with the swamp taking ADVANTAGE of the solution.
Because, you know, they’re capitalists. And they are going to jump on a bandwagon if it makes them money, whether it’s the climate, LGBT rights, or whatever.
The swamp will align itself with whatever makes them a profit. If the smartest people on climate change say that we need to do something, and the swamp figures out how to monetize it, that doesn’t invalidate the solution any more than the UFC invalidates Trump’s platform.
Because when they prevaricate with cheap tricks (e.g., Michael Mann & the Incredible Hockey Stick) it is de facto proof that they are liars---and liars violate the prime directive of science: Do not bear false witness.