1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qoSbwknvnQ"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/oxfam-s-pig-ignorant-support-of-decarbonisation-will-make-the-poor-poorer/">Oxfam’s Pig Ignorant Support of ‘Decarbonisation’ Will Make the Poor Poorer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/oxfam-s-pig-ignorant-support-of-decarbonisation-will-make-the-poor-poorer/embed/#?secret=qoSbwknvnQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Oxfam’s Pig Ignorant Support of ‘Decarbonisation’ Will Make the Poor Poorer” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="qoSbwknvnQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> "Political institutions always put their own institutional survival first. If they are supposed to help poor people, they promote poverty, to ensure there is a steady supply of poor people who need their help". These were the words of my beloved uncle John, sadly now deceased, passing on wisdom learned under the gentle tutelage of Joseph Stalin. At the time I rejected his advice as being far too cynical ‚Äì surely people join charities because they want to help. But the latest demand from Oxfam, which in my opinion amounts to a demand for more people to be impoverished, really makes me wonder if he was right all along.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_oxfam.jpg