Ah yes. Jacobinism. In 1790's France, Jacobinism was a form of elitist insurrectionary politics which arose under leftist dictator Maximilien Robespierre. The Jacobin elite believed they possessed true social and political knowledge, and believed themselves entitled to seize and hold political power in the name of the people. The Jacobin Committee of Public Safety led to the Reign of Terror, the guillotine and up to 40-thousand deaths. Man made global warming skeptics? Off with their heads!It is, of course, not new to have a highly qualified scientist saying that global warming is an entirely natural phenomenon with many precedents in history. Many have made the argument, too, that it is rubbish to contend human behaviour is causing the current climate change. And it has often been well argued that it is totally ridiculous to suppose that changes in human behaviour -- cleaning up our act through expensive slight-of-hand taxation tricks -- can reverse the trend.
But most of these scientific and academic voices have fallen silent in the face of environmental Jacobinism. Purging humankind of its supposed sins of environmental degradation has become a religion with a fanatical and often intolerant priesthood, especially among the First World urban elites.
(A cautionary note to would-be contemporary Jacobins: Robespierre himself was guillotined on July 28, 1794 - 215 years ago today.)
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