The young people taking to the streets are right : their future is being stolen. The economy is an environmental pyramid scheme, dumping its liabilities on the young and the unborn . Its current growth depends on intergenerational theft.
At the heart of capitalism is a vast and scarcely examined assumption : you are entitled to as great a share of the world’s resources as your money can buy. You can purchase as much land , as much atmospheric space, as many minerals, as much meat and fish as you can afford , regardless of who might be deprived. If you can pay for them, you can own entire mountain ranges and fertile plains. You can burn as much fuel as you like.
It is not quite true that behind every great fortune lies a great crime. Musicians and novelists, for example , can become extremely rich by giving other people pleasure. But it does appear to be universally true that in front of every great fortune lies a great crime. Immense wealth translates automatically into immense environmental impacts, regardless of the intentions of those who possess it. The very wealthy, almost as a matter of definition , are committing ecocide.
I disagree. This will not result in any progress. It may result in Marine Le Pen taking power. Giorgia Meloni wasted no time attacking Macron the minute she took power in Italy. Why is that? To destroy the president. They will try and sabotage the upcoming Olympics. This is a nightmare for France.
Yup, and unfortunately, the rich folks who commit it usually die before the effects of their crimes would ever be felt by them personally, if ever, since they can afford to live wherever they want. However, their crimes may eventually come to affect and haunt their children and grandchildren, unless they can escape to somewhere in space by the middle of this century...
Why do you think Musk is exploring Mars (at partial taxpayer expense)?
@rainmanjr I don't doubt that is the reason.