Trump's Paris climate decision shows the threat rising tribalism poses to the planet
by David Roberts at Vox
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/6/1/15723174/trump-paris-tribalism
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Rather than dive into the specifics, I want to pull the lens back a bit, because I also happen to think the Paris decision is a direct window into a profound contest of worldviews. And the outcome of that contest matters more, in the big picture, than the specifics of US carbon emissions over the next four years. Indeed, at risk of being melodramatic, the outcome of that contest will determine the fate of our species in the 21st century.
To put it as bluntly as possible: The cosmopolitan progress of the late 20th century is threatened by a tribalist backlash, and if cosmopolitanism doesn’t win — if it doesn’t regroup, adjust, and reconstitute — we are all screwed.
To frame things, let me introduce a rough but useful distinction.
Every human is at the center of multiple, concentric circles of concern — self, family, kin, residents of the same city, state, or nation, members of the same religion or ethnicity, fans of the same sports team, and so on. We are all members of multiple tribes. (I’m a Roberts, a Voxxer, a Seattleite, etc.)
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