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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 14

    Nice feature in today's Guardian: Steven Pinker: ‘The way to deal with pollution is not to rail against consumption’https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/11/steven-pinker-enlightenment-now-interview-inequality-consumption-environment?CMP=share_btn_tw …

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      2. Chris Baulman‏ @landrights4all Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker @Dennis_Mbugua_M

        While we see progress in many areas , "progress" is necessarily a holistic thing & so I say confidently Pinker is crap. Climate change is real so is the nuclear threat. The consumerism/materialism of TheSystem & justified resentment against it are real.

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      1. Carlos Vilalta .´.‏ @cjvilalta Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Greetings Steven. Another myth debunked...

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      2. didaclopez‏ @didaclopez Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Nature and Economy need more freedom

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      3. Adolfo R.‏ @wirchoreal Feb 14
        Replying to @didaclopez @sapinker

        I’m not sure if this is the point he’s making. It seems like so far environmental regulations have made a bigger impact on cities’ pollution than any free market progress. European and North American cities are bright and have blue sky thanks to environmental regulations.

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      4. didaclopez‏ @didaclopez Feb 14
        Replying to @wirchoreal @sapinker

        Misanthropic environmentalism is utterly wrong. Progress is perfectly sustainable. Environmental regulations or authoritarian environmentalism are not a solution

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      5. Adolfo R.‏ @wirchoreal Feb 14
        Replying to @didaclopez @sapinker

        Not “misanthropic environmentalism” but sensible regulations like those in Europe and North America. The point is that so far it is the only thing that keeps those places’ cities clean compared to pretty much every other big city on Earth. Don’t know if “wrong” but it’s working.

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      6. Adolfo R.‏ @wirchoreal Feb 14
        Replying to @wirchoreal @didaclopez @sapinker

        When you say “it’s wrong” you are making an ideological point. And that’s ok. I also enjoy freedom and free markets and such. My point is purely based on data. We have yet to see a good non-regulation solution to city pollution. Solar energy is doing great and may be it.

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      7. didaclopez‏ @didaclopez Feb 14
        Replying to @wirchoreal @sapinker

        "The remedy for pollution is simply for the courts to return to their function of defending person and property rights against invasion"https://mises.org/library/libertarian-manifesto-pollution …

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      8. Adolfo R.‏ @wirchoreal Feb 14
        Replying to @didaclopez @sapinker

        I like this branch of libertarian ideals. I guess the issue most people see with it, is that once N people have forced N companies to reduce air pollution for example, you may as well save the judicial branch some money and make it a regulation. Wouldn’t that be a shortcut?

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      9. didaclopez‏ @didaclopez Feb 14
        Replying to @wirchoreal @sapinker

        I don't believe in democratic centralism

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      1. Canman‏ @DombroskiMike Jun 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        It's always other people's consumption.

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      1. The Free Market Progressive Manifesto‏ @AustrianAnonom Feb 15
        Replying to @sapinker @BjornLomborg

        It’s all communism misunderstanding tragedy of the commons.

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      1. Frank McMains‏ @frankiii Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Oh man, you’re killing me with this stuff. Critique of consumer culture ≠ rando bad behavior on the right ≠ cred from which to plot 3rd way

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      1. John Champagne‏ @TallPhilosopher Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        If we respect property rights and believe that air and water belong to all, we will require industries to pay compensation to the people when pollution is put. If fees are high enough, all industries will try to reduce harm to the environment. No one will live in abject poverty.pic.twitter.com/XGQtF4VDQD

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