James Thornton: The thing that allows a really small group of people to change the world is using the enormous power of the law. Legal systems encapsulate, really, what a society thinks about itself and the rules that people in the particular society have mutually agreed to be governed by. It always includes enforcement mechanisms.= = = = =
If, for example, a government has passed a law about air pollution or water pollution and then it doesn't do the right thing and protect the people like the law says, we — using the power of the law — can go to the courts and force the government to do the right thing. That's an example of how just a few people can actually make a big difference.When he says "law" he means brute force and crime.
You're currently suing a number of cities and in a couple of cases courts have already ruled that diesel vehicles should be banned. Berlin is one of them — how many more do you think will follow, and what immediate effect do you hope these bans have?Previously "science" had required all vehicles to be diesel, because diesel was Holy And Sinless as defined by "science". Diesel emits less plant food than gasoline, and "science" wants to starve plants. Suddenly "science" changed its mind and decided (correctly this time) that diesel is dirty. The "rule of law" automatically followed the "science" as the "science" flipped back and forth.
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