Love it when it snows

I will suggest a key word : participative democracy...

The Greeks tried that. They drew lots to fill positions for civil service on a yearly basis. That way it involved everyone. When it came to be your turn, you did your civic duty. Those that didn’t were called idiota.

It’s where we get the word "idiot" from. Heh, wasn’t our present system founded on that very same concept? And, why are there those who decry our participation in government through our directly elected representatives, falsely calling it "big government"?

We had the largest and most successful rise in the middle classes and it scared the hell out of the elite. That’s when the mantra that government is bad for you came about and what do know.....some bought into that crap. It was made all the easier to believe because it was race based: one of the easiest ways to sway the small minded since it was always there.

One academic likened our present society to a football stadium with it’s own right and left wings represented on the field. It’s the one that Reagan built. The one before it was the one that FDR built. He went into more detail but I’ll cut to the chase: we need a new stadium.

All the best,
Nonoise

Indeed. Make the government the enemy and the corporations will come to the rescue. So rather than have "of the people, by the people, for the people," a cohort of the citizens seem to want a quasi-oligarchic dictatorship with someone at the helm of equal intelligence to themselves.

Wonderfully stated. It’s why we’re in the predicament we presently find ourselves in.

All the best,
Nonoise

nutella:

Global historical records from NOAA are the basis for the charts and models indicated in that article in the op.  https://youtu.be/mGe9JO58Uc8
Fact or hack?
There are legitimate concerns here and need to be either accepted or dismissed based on facts.  Unfortunately the response comes as personal insults and name calling and not debating facts.  

Indeed. Its the Golden Rule for Lawyers: When you don't have the facts, argue the man.

They don't have the facts. So they argue the man.

Like the facts of DDT...or was that argue the woman instead of the facts... The fact is the climate is changing and human activity is contributing to it. That's  the fact from every scientific group studying it. The only difference  between them is how much are humans contributing and how much time before coastal cities are under water and dry areas have turned to desert causing mass migration, wars and strife over limited resources. That's  the facts but hey let's ignore all that after all the smart people know it's  just a Chinese hoax ha..ha...ha those stupid environmental  nuts are being played...right?