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Nearly everyone benefitted from climate change. The only people who didn't are the ones living in remote villages that don't have electricity or any other moder
by hueving 10y ago
Nearly everyone benefitted from climate change. The only people who didn't are the ones living in remote villages that don't have electricity or any other modern technology.
- dyeje 10y agoWell yes, most people have benefitted, but their point was the extremely wealthy won't have to care about the consequences.
- lumberjack 10y agoThose who benefited the most are those who will be affected the least. Can you not understand why some people might be upset by this?
- dv_dt 10y agoFor some time now, we have been in a era where we have the knowledge and incentive to act, yet we haven't acted strongly enough to combat climate change. Nearly everyone benefited in the short term, but those with great wealth also have much more power to speed or slow the change away from fossil fuels. I think in general that power has been used to slow the fight against climate change.
- andrei_says_ 10y agoAccording to studies, public opinion has almost zero effect on politics in contrast to the opinion of the very few wealthy individuals and businesses who can focus their influence and lobbying and have custom legislation written for them. At least in the USA. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 We are ruled by a small oligarchy which sees itself as invulnerable to economic and climate change. This is why we're incredibly late to the game of correcting it.