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Despite the fundamental economic problems with this proposition listed elsewhere here, I'm just floored by the political implications: There is hardly such a t
by Hytosys 11y ago
Despite the fundamental economic problems with this proposition listed elsewhere here, I'm just floored by the political implications:
There is hardly such a thing as a "climate-concerned billionaire." Mostly there just exists the "capital-concerned billionaire." The writer is enamored with the capitalist class, but there have been no signs in the history of ever that it systemically works in the interest of the massive people or its planet.
Who is the author really trying to appeal to? Are they still trying to convince the affected people that we can depend on the unaffected people to be saviors? Where the hell is the Atlantic article titled "Destroy Capitalism: the only way for billions of concerned people to save themselves and their environment"?
- stickfigure 11y agoMy roommate recently became the Director of Technology of https://nextgenclimate.org/ https://nextgenclimate.org/ It's an environmental advocacy organization funded by Tom Steyer. So, there certainly is such a thing as a "climate-concerned billionaire".
- Hytosys 11y agoMy keyword was "hardly," as in the capitalist class does not care about the climate. My intention was not to demonize individuals and generalize all people into two types (those who are rich and hate Earth and those who are poor and love Earth). My intention was to give a realistic analysis on the mechanism of capitalism, which is something this author failed to recognize altogether. By the way, tell your roommate that "AMERICA DOESN'T IGNORE PROBLEMS" is not readable on whatever devices that the 600,000 US homeless people are using.