The Climate Change war against plastics, symbolized by plastic recycling has been lost.   Plastic recycling is the archetypical Liberal solution to a problem; make everyone do busy work, make some people feel good and solve nothing.   “The vast majority of plastic that people put into recycling bins is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a  report  from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S.   The report cites separate  data  published this May which revealed that  the amount of plastic actually turned into new things has fallen to new lows of around 5%. That number is expected to drop further as more plastic is produced.     Greenpeace found that no plastic — not even soda bottles, one of the most prolific items thrown into recycling bins — meets the threshold to be called "recyclable" according to  standards  set by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation New Plastic Economy Initiative. Plastic must have a re...

Multicultural democracies have two, perhaps fatal flaws- 1) by its concentration and focus on grievances it freezes discussions, ossifies debate and castrates out of the box thinking. 2) Multicultural democracies uplift triviality, and focus on minutiae, play with Kabuki solutions, at the expense of solving the looming existential threats.     Democrats just passed in the U.S. Senate, a bill which is the epitome of multicultural democracy; Liberals believe that the Bill has saved Civilization.     “Did Democrats Just Save Civilization? By Paul Krugman…     , They really did it. The Inflation Reduction Act, which is mainly a climate change bill with a side helping of health reform, passed the Senate on Sunday; by all accounts, it will easily pass the House, so it’s about to become law.   This is a very big deal. The act isn’t, by itself, enough to avert climate disaster. But it is a huge step in the right direction and sets the stage for more ...