Comments on: Review: The Age of Stupid http://thethirdestate.net/2009/07/review-the-age-of-stupid/ What Is The Third Estate? Everything. What Has It Been Until Now In The Political Order? Nothing. What Does It Want To Be? Something. Tue, 22 May 2012 04:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Sun 4 Apr 2010 – Tue 4 May 2010 | Jevan's Blog http://thethirdestate.net/2009/07/review-the-age-of-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-15052 Sun 4 Apr 2010 – Tue 4 May 2010 | Jevan's Blog Sat, 15 May 2010 04:29:46 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1415#comment-15052 [...] http://thethirdestate.net/2009/07/review-the-age-of-stupid/   From the comments on that website it looks like people are taking the movie seriously. I guess global warming and climate change is a real issue these days. But apparently it's mostly government not individual people, that have to do things, to solve this. [...] [...] http://thethirdestate.net/2009/07/review-the-age-of-stupid/   From the comments on that website it looks like people are taking the movie seriously. I guess global warming and climate change is a real issue these days. But apparently it's mostly government not individual people, that have to do things, to solve this. [...]

]]> By: J4zonian http://thethirdestate.net/2009/07/review-the-age-of-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-7437 J4zonian Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:55:04 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1415#comment-7437 Jacob, Between consumerism and capitalism is only a distinction without a difference. If what you're proposing instead is Soviet-style communism, it's essentially state capitalism w the same materialist reductionist anti-nature mindset and an inadequate view of human psychology, individual, collective, systemic or ecological. 'What's behind it?' is the question. We have to look at the psychology that causes all the isms. The movie can't go into that in depth; it's just trying to describe the problem for corporate persons/trolls and the millions who have been fooled by right wing corporate lies into disbelief of scientific truth--like Kevin. Despite the shortage of time (maybe 10-15 years before it's too late to save future generations) we have to take this one step at a time for those who are coming along a little slower. Jacob,

Between consumerism and capitalism is only a distinction without a difference. If what you’re proposing instead is Soviet-style communism, it’s essentially state capitalism w the same materialist reductionist anti-nature mindset and an inadequate view of human psychology, individual, collective, systemic or ecological. ‘What’s behind it?’ is the question. We have to look at the psychology that causes all the isms.

The movie can’t go into that in depth; it’s just trying to describe the problem for corporate persons/trolls and the millions who have been fooled by right wing corporate lies into disbelief of scientific truth–like Kevin. Despite the shortage of time (maybe 10-15 years before it’s too late to save future generations) we have to take this one step at a time for those who are coming along a little slower.

]]> By: Salman Shaheen http://thethirdestate.net/2009/07/review-the-age-of-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 Salman Shaheen Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:10:05 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1415#comment-5433 Who let Kevin out of his cell? Come on, there's a nice warm straight jacket waiting for you... Who let Kevin out of his cell? Come on, there’s a nice warm straight jacket waiting for you…

]]> By: kevin http://thethirdestate.net/2009/07/review-the-age-of-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-5419 kevin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:21:34 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1415#comment-5419 This film and this review are absurd. To suggest the world will come to and end by 2055 due to AGW is not only irresponsible , it verges on criminal. There is no scientific evidence to support this theory. We are constantly told the world is going to end if we don't do this or we don't do that. Does anyone recall the ozone scare? The threat of aliens invading from Mars that caused dozens of people to kill themselves in the early thirties? I'm sorry. I just can't put into words the lack of intelligence when this topic is discussed. So Ken Livingstone is now a Climate scientist??? Dear god. This film and this review are absurd. To suggest the world will come to and end by 2055 due to AGW is not only irresponsible , it verges on criminal. There is no scientific evidence to support this theory. We are constantly told the world is going to end if we don’t do this or we don’t do that. Does anyone recall the ozone scare? The threat of aliens invading from Mars that caused dozens of people to kill themselves in the early thirties? I’m sorry. I just can’t put into words the lack of intelligence when this topic is discussed. So Ken Livingstone is now a Climate scientist??? Dear god.

]]> By: Salman Shaheen http://thethirdestate.net/2009/07/review-the-age-of-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3273 Salman Shaheen Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:46:28 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1415#comment-3273 I agree that the redistribution of carbon emissions has to happen alongside the redistribution of wealth. We, in the West, should be doing all we can to reverse the damage that we have caused. But if we are to avert a crisis, it is imperative that rapidly developing countries, like China and India, pursue a green path of development. This will cost them more for fewer economic returns. That is why it is the responsibility of the West, and particularly America, to begin a fund firstly to compensate the poorest nations, like Bangladesh and Bolivia, that have been disporportionately affected by a crisis not of their making; and secondly to ease the financial burden that will be placed on rapidly developing nations. I agree that the redistribution of carbon emissions has to happen alongside the redistribution of wealth. We, in the West, should be doing all we can to reverse the damage that we have caused. But if we are to avert a crisis, it is imperative that rapidly developing countries, like China and India, pursue a green path of development. This will cost them more for fewer economic returns. That is why it is the responsibility of the West, and particularly America, to begin a fund firstly to compensate the poorest nations, like Bangladesh and Bolivia, that have been disporportionately affected by a crisis not of their making; and secondly to ease the financial burden that will be placed on rapidly developing nations.

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