The purpose of my life is my own happiness. It is
not to serve as a conscript in anyone’s cockamamie scheme to “bend a curve,” hold
back the seas, or hold down the mean temperature of the globe.
That is government central planning, which violates
my individual right to plan and pursue my own goals, i.e., my right to the pursuit
of my own happiness.
I, and everyone else, engages in individual
economic planning that is aimed at making us happier, which often means, making
us richer. Our individual plans are harmonized, coordinated, and integrated by
the price system. (See chaps. 6-8 of my Capitalism for details.)
The government, in contrast, cannot rationally plan.
It can only restrict or prohibit the planning of individuals, ultimately leaving
planning as the monopoly of inept government officials.
The results of government “planning” are as absurd
as attempting to protect people from excessive heat by denying them the ability
to use air conditioning and refrigeration, because the government’s plan to
restrict global CO2 emissions has made electricity unavailable.
If all this were understood, perhaps there would be “peaceful protests” at such places as the headquarters of environmentalist organizations and pro-environmentalist media, to call these grievances to the attention of the world.
