There ’ s a Bit of Truth To Some Climate Conspiracy Theories. But That Doesn ’ t Make Them Right

Having systematically colonized the ranks of government, academia, and media—including malleable-minded climate writers like yours truly—the dark legions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) have reportedly gotten around to their real work: employing their techno-fascist designs on traffic patterns in Oxford, U.K. Or that’s what some people on the internet are saying, anyway. A viral climate conspiracy theory is saying that a new plan by Oxford’s government to use cameras and fines to limit through-traffic in the congested city center and reduce automobile pollution is actually part of a scheme by global elite new-world-order types to enforce so-called “climate lockdowns,” keeping people confined indoors in the name of climate action. It’s far from the only climate conspiracy that’s been making headway online lately. The odd part, though, is that there seems to be a grain of truth to the hoopla, depending on how you look at things. It’s less that the conspiracists have gotten any of their facts straight—they don’t do so well in that department—than that they’re putting their finger on the weirdness of this moment in the climate fight, and the strange, new, often disquieting aspects of some of the efforts meant to address it. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] British commentator Brendan O’Neill argued as much in his column in Spiked, a libertarian-leaning online journal. “No, it...
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