[lbo-talk] Cockburn on AGW?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Dec 23 05:38:17 PST 2009


On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:44 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote:


> Doug writes:
>
>> The rhetorical tactic of blaming corporations
>> evades the fact that driving to work all alone,
>> or living in 3000 sq ft houses, or a whole lot
>> of other things are just not sustainable.
>
> Individuals can make little changes, but unless the economy -- and
> really this means the menu of "choices" that consumers can make --
> changes first, you're just talking about a few people riding bikes.
> GM
> convinced people that 4WD SUVs were "cool" so they have to be the ones
> to convince people that they aren't. And they probably have to get
> encouraged to do this by incentives from the government.
>
> You can't just say "daily life has to change" ... ok, I guess you did.
>
> Of the three parties that are responsible for that change,
> "individuals" are last.

Let me try this once more. I said that people's choices are constrained. Yes. I really know about the menu of choices and all that. But changing the menu will mean changes in the details of daily life. You can't just change "corporations." Sprawl can't be sustained. Etc.

Doug



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