Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Failed to follow an old rule
A well-known rule of Western governance:
If this policy directly and visibly hurts a few big people and indirectly helps lots of people, the policy won't happen. If this policy directly and visibly helps a few big people and indirectly hurts lots of people, the policy will happen.
In short, the only effects that matter are the direct and visible effects on important people. The 'general good', or benefit to the entire nation, are strictly irrelevant to Western governments.
This is why the Three Horsepersons of the Modern Apocalypse have gained so much traction for so many years. (1) Free Trade helps a few rich industries and hurts nearly all working people. (2) Die-Versity helps a few large corporations that can afford the army of lawyers to work around it, and kills small businesses. (3) Global Warming pseudoscience helps governments and a few corporations like GE that can manipulate legislators to gain subsidies and competitive advantage, and literally kills everyone else.
But now the EU has made a mistake. EU is using Global Warming Pseudoscience to implement a policy that hurts a few big Euro corporations while killing everyone else:
Should be interesting to watch. Does the EU court follow the Gaian cult? Or does it follow the big money of the airlines? Normally money would win, but when Gaia jams her cloven hooves into the situation, all bets are off.
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Update 12/21: Well, the EU Court went with Satan. I'm not surprised, but really couldn't predict which way it would go. One thing you can rely on: the choice EU makes will ALWAYS be the most deadly choice for the people of Europe. EU's job is to exterminate Europe. ¶ 3:43 AM
If this policy directly and visibly hurts a few big people and indirectly helps lots of people, the policy won't happen. If this policy directly and visibly helps a few big people and indirectly hurts lots of people, the policy will happen.
In short, the only effects that matter are the direct and visible effects on important people. The 'general good', or benefit to the entire nation, are strictly irrelevant to Western governments.
This is why the Three Horsepersons of the Modern Apocalypse have gained so much traction for so many years. (1) Free Trade helps a few rich industries and hurts nearly all working people. (2) Die-Versity helps a few large corporations that can afford the army of lawyers to work around it, and kills small businesses. (3) Global Warming pseudoscience helps governments and a few corporations like GE that can manipulate legislators to gain subsidies and competitive advantage, and literally kills everyone else.
But now the EU has made a mistake. EU is using Global Warming Pseudoscience to implement a policy that hurts a few big Euro corporations while killing everyone else:
The ETS is “inconsistent” with international law. The EU has long said it will exempt airlines from countries with equivalent measures, but the Clinton-LaHood letter says this provision does not go far enough.
The letter does not spell out what actions the U.S. may take. Separately, the U.S. Transportation Department last week ordered U.S. and European carriers to submit ETS data to the U.S. government, in a move that many in the industry believed to be the first step in a potential U.S. retaliation against the ETS.
Should be interesting to watch. Does the EU court follow the Gaian cult? Or does it follow the big money of the airlines? Normally money would win, but when Gaia jams her cloven hooves into the situation, all bets are off.
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Update 12/21: Well, the EU Court went with Satan. I'm not surprised, but really couldn't predict which way it would go. One thing you can rely on: the choice EU makes will ALWAYS be the most deadly choice for the people of Europe. EU's job is to exterminate Europe. ¶ 3:43 AM
