Let's assume I can't, and you make it explicit.
I am not the best at containing my frustration and in rereading some of my posts... I see too much emotion and I apologize. Its just that I cannot stand to see folks being taken advantage of like appears to be the case on the world stage.
Also, I have been a member of a few forums since 2012 and have learned that typing words back and forth with others misses so many positive elements of direct, face to face communication and in cases that can't be done in person, at least video conferencing and then, in cases that is not possible, voice communication.
In a world where this five sense reality is, for so many, the only reality... this sets up exactly what we have today. LoneShaman has brought this out in several posts. Before I explicitly supply the answer, I want to build the case for the answer.
Whatever word one wishes to use for our shared reality... this world we experience through the five senses, some call it "the material realm," some call it "physicality," I have come to call it "hard physicality" to imply that which may be beyond this five sense world, where individualized experience in form is still the underlying dynamic,
because it still involves form, is still physical, but, from the perspective of many like myself, who are anchored in hard physicality, we could view the other possible realms of physicality differently. And this difference, from this perspective, seems... less dense, ephemeral, dreamlike and thus I call that soft physicality.
So when I consider what might be the mindset of my fellow Earthlings who view hard physicality as the only reality, I see they share that common belief that all there is is just this one life. Within this group is a range where the emotion of compassion is high all the way down to non-existent. Those who lean far to the compassionate extreme yet have no room for the possibility of their own soul and all the possibilities an eternal journey might imply, so often become your social justice warriors, your passionate leaders or participants in all sorts of, on the surface, altruistic causes. But on the other end of the spectrum are those who appeared divorced from all sense of compassion for others (save for cases where they sense this for some family members and/or others who they perceive share their core views and by working together, could achieve their goals in implementing their preferred reality based on those views). And these are so often the uber-wealthy and/or uber-powerful who fund these well-meaning, passion driven, folks when these folks are dedicated to causes and the goals of these causes this power group wants implemented (but not for the reasons of "saving the world," instead to be able to further increase their power in running the world).
And so, it makes sense that within this reality I call "hard physicality," those who have less scruples with regards to what lengths they (and those who share their views) are willing to go have a decided advantage. It makes sense that as this iteration of "the Earth Game" emerges from a dynamic of pockets of cultures here and there to the one world we see today (populism a current inconvenience, nuisance). And that these "less scrupulous" achieve greater organization facilitated by all sorts of forms of instant communication available today. Its a no-brainer to understand how they are able to identify the passionately driven and then facilitate their rise in all areas of life which they unwittingly work from in ways that step by step remove power from the individual and place it in the hands of the few who again are these "less scrupulous." I am being delicate in my word choice but perhaps this article which synchronistically appeared in my e-mail inbox this morning helps -
Now That We've Incentivized Sociopaths--Guess What Happens Next
To simplify... and I say this as someone who would handicap an upcoming sporting event.
We are in an interesting time where three components converge to point to a likely outcome -
We have a range of types of human beings that are "five sense world-centric."
The world is moving towards a one world government facilitated by all sorts of instant communication
You have a significant increase in the numbers of humans who are restricted by the five-sense world sub-reality within grander reality. (And I must add, much of those who are not of this group but hold to all forms of religious devotion that are not mystically centered... these folks unwittingly assist the five-sensers, especially the eschatologically inclined).
And so the elephant in the living room (IMO) is
humanity and the dynamic of the day. The game is fixed
. There is almost no shot what you suggested above can happen.
So let's go line by line
Right there, you and I share zero common ground but for two completely different reasons. You seem convinced by the science you have been attracted to. I am not convinced either way but am very suspicious of the forces trying to push humanity to buy into this thesis.
The solution is to minimise our carbon emissions.
To see that as a solution requires one first to buy into the idea AGW is a "real" problem. But even if it were somewhat a problem, you still must be convinced it is driven by human activity (which I'm not) and you must be convinced human actions can "change" this trend (I am not).
One minimally invasive way to do this is for each sovereign political entity...
Your view may really believe there are sovereign political entities (and so many of us wish there were), but my own view is the appearance of sovereignty is greatly exaggerated. And this is where "the elephant" enters the picture.
...to implement a fee-and-dividend scheme, which taxes carbon emissions but returns those taxes to the people who paid them in the first place.
Even if the largest portion of the taxes would be returned to "the people" (which I don't believe for a minute, and I am saying this based on the example of the entirety of this iteration of human history) do you really believe it would be distributed correctly, fairly? If so, China and India alone would rapidly become bankrupt save for the unbalanced treatments of these nations based on the Paris accord. Why would any "sovereign nation" agree to an unfair accord like the US did when Obama was president? Because sovereign nationhood is rapidly becoming a
known myth and anyone that tries to buck that reality is rapidly smacked down (Trump and Brexit, two great examples of how "rebellion" is handled).
Other minimally invasive ways include public education and social incentives to change carbon-intensive practices.
Yes, public "indoctrination" that results in new mid-level "new world order" enforcement would do the trick.
None of that (all of which I endorse), it seems to me, involves "handing over" anything.
When one understands that the goal of this movement (as stated by AOC's chief of staff) is aimed at
a takeover of the "entire economy" and you are no longer an innocent human being that believes in "the good" of humanity will always win out (humanity as it exists today on this planet), well... in speaking for myself, I "smell a rat."
If power elites demand unreasonable solutions which are only going to entrench their power further, then I oppose them.
My concern is this - without a major and immediate consciousness shift widespread across humanity, the few who do wake up won't have the tools needed for any real opposition to make any real difference. Great, a guy like me can type my opposition to this or that on a forum... I sometimes wonder why I even do so... I think its just my way of dealing with my own guilt for how clueless I was most of my life and for being in a position now where I am still, in different ways, dependent on the system and perhaps even assisting the system.
Such is the dilemma we all face within hard physicality (well, that's just my opinion and I also opine that most are unconscious of this).
So, where, exactly, is the political problem, and how, exactly, am I a minion?
I don't think I called you a minion. If I did, I apologize.
But having said that, in my prior comment, I essentially called myself a minion still... just less of one than I was in the past.
(Metaphor here) - My focus is in rising above that seamless line in soft physicality where below that line, my soul is in the grips of the Demiurge.