The Siren Song Of Climate Authoritarianism
19 Sep 2023 | Abstracted from Eco-Business
"...the notion that any version of an authoritarian system would be free of 'special interests,' and run by neutral, rational technocrats, is implausible."Concerns about democracies' capacity to act swiftly and efficiently are nothing new...If, for the sake of climate action, power is concentrated in the hands of a state that does not answer to the people, what would prevent abuses of that power?
"The fossil-fuel industry's disproportionate influence on the political process...is not only damaging to the environment; it is also fundamentally undemocratic."
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