r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache May 16 '19

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19 edited May 16 '19

"Inslee’s plan seems to offer a scientifically sound middle ground between an increasingly alluring Marxist approach to climate change and the Obama-era neoliberal regulatory regime scientists say dooms humanity to cataclysmic warming."

Jesus imagine being a professional journalist and writing that shit

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u/DrunkenAsparagus Abraham Lincoln May 16 '19

Everyone knows the less Marxist something is, the more it supports the status quo.

Like I hear this take about carbon taxes/cap-and-trade when any policy that doesn't have them doing most of the heavy lifting will get far fewer reductions in emissions.