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In the public debate, the presence of the storm is often obscured even by those most in favor of action on climate change. This is because many of these are social and technological optimists. They believe that there is a win-win scenario: it is possible for us to do right by future generations in particular (and perhaps even the poor and nature more generally) without making any serious sacrifices ourselves.
A Perfect Moral Storm
Stephen M. Gardiner
It is the successful, reliable implementation of political promises to those who count that provides the basis for any incumbent’s advantage.
The Dictator's Handbook
de Mesquita Bueno
Nature is a soil for society, the fold out of which it grew and the envelope it can never break out of, but just as a tree can be told from its soil, society can be differentiated from nature, because it has shot up from the ground and branched off in untold directions over the course of what we refer to as history.
The Progress of This Storm
Andreas Malm
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