“Should we separate art from the artist?” has become an increasingly popular question as cancel culture continues to grow more prevalent in modern day society. Most of us would like to say that we cannot separate the two and should never support a ‘bad’ person. However, I strongly disagree.
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(This is purely based on stereotypes, not on anyone I actually know, and not my own genuine opinion. )
I think it would be safe to say that since the day it was released, the ground-breaking documentary (which missed out on the name ‘Conspira-sea’ and hence disappointed me in that regard before I even started) has had an impact on everyone who watched it. It fuelled a chain reaction of recommendations, from one viewer to the next, spreading like a wildfire, until six different people have mentioned it to me in the space of two days. It was at that point I sat down to experience it for myself.
The looming crisis of global warming, caused by unsustainable carbon emissions, will continue to dominate contemporary politics. The politics of global warming can be separated into two parts. Firstly, it necessitates increased international co-operation, especially ‘green’ technology and the sharing of common goals to combat global warming. Secondly, more decisive and significant action by governments is essential to adequately address the changes needed to reduce carbon emissions. Though ostensibly counter-intuitive, the solution to addressing these politics lies in the nation state; geographically distinct, politically autonomous regions usually sharing a common culture. Their origins rooted in the Peace of Westphalia (Yale, 2008), nation states are able to harness three characteristics, stability, nationalism and sovereignty, to facilitate effective action to mitigate the impacts of global warming. Nations states also provide a framework for meaningful international co-operation; focusing on international treaties as the most useful form of this, it is clear these are dependent on the existence of nation states. Though the strengths of nation states do come with some drawbacks, these are markedly outweighed by the benefits. The principles and advantages of the nation state make it by far the most robust system of global governance to address the politics of global warming.
