The problem isn’t that none of the Green New Deal’s goals can be achieved. The problem is that only half of these goals can be achieved. We can’t build high-speed rail everywhere, but we can abolish air travel. We can’t power the whole economy on “renewable energy,” but we can shut down existing power plants. We can’t give everyone a “family-sustaining wage,” but we can definitely kill cows and tell our kids there’s no more milk to drink. We can’t provide economic security for people who don’t want to work, but we can flood the country with billion-dollar bank notes that won’t buy anything. It is very hard to create, but very easy to destroy.
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
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'It is very hard to create, but very easy to destroy.'
Which of course is exactly the point of the Green New Deal.
Other countries have shown that about 3/4 of these policies are feasible. Not least for the wealthiest country on the planet. They could slash their insane military budget in half to fund nationwide high-speed rail (plus a lot more) for example.
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