> What part of making the world a shittier place will actually make people try to save it? > I think a lot of people have already been living out this hypothet

> What part of making the world a shittier place will actually make people try to save it? > I think a lot of people have already been living out this hypothetical for at least a decade, both rich and poor. I’m saying the proposed hypothetical experiment of “making the world a shittier and seeing who wants to save it” is no hypothetical; it’s day to day reality for billions. > Why else would we be here? “Here” meaning the here and now of world affairs: the brink of nuclear war, environmental collapse, economic collapse, wildly disproportionate wealth inequality. The day to day symptoms of a shitty place for billions. I’m saying that the world is already royally fucked, and I can empathize with the viewpoint of “why should the rich get their fine art while the rest of us choke and starve.”