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That’s like saying poisoning is good for people because the sicker people are, the more hospitals and doctors you’ll need. The money has to come from somewhere.
by gurumeditations 7y ago
That’s like saying poisoning is good for people because the sicker people are, the more hospitals and doctors you’ll need. The money has to come from somewhere. There is no profit in cleaning up messes, just loss reduction. The money, trillions of dollars just for climate change alone, has to come from somewhere. If past generations had not been so greedy, that money would be in our pockets. Instead, it will be burned because we have to clean up the unfathomable messes older people have created.
- ddingus 7y agoNo, it is saying that it is worth it to clean up after ignorance and folly. And there are eventually gains to be had. Those clean areas are worth more, the money paid to labor means demand, growth, etc...
- gurumeditations 7y agoIt takes a lot of money to fix all the disasters they’ve created. It takes trillions of dollars out of our pockets. It’s a loss because they were greedy and stole from us to fund their lifestyles. That’s trillions of dollars that could’ve gone to paying for healthcare and college for generations. Instead it’s picking up the toxic mess that older people have left for us to deal with.
- ddingus 7y agoWe can still do those things. Perhaps we need to value things differently. Instead of what could have been, we can and need to focus on what can be. Longer term, that is the better play. We all live here and are going to do that for a very long time yet. It is worth it to make sure living here makes sense, period.