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I wonder if in a cruel way that's what our biosphere needs. Democracy plus capitalism has proven itself, by virtue of incentives and systems, fundamentally inca
by Voultapher 3y ago
I wonder if in a cruel way that's what our biosphere needs. Democracy plus capitalism has proven itself, by virtue of incentives and systems, fundamentally incapable of addressing the topic. "Vote for me, I'm going to make your quality of life worse!", is not a short-term winning strategy in our current world. Maybe we need a generation of angry and depressed children, that grow into adults and are willing to break the proverbial wheel.
That said, I'm not condoning cruelty. All I know is, that if we continue as we were, we will be destroying the world for our grandchildren and a myriad of species [1]. Personally I believe that realistically the question "will our decisions kill billions in terrible ways" is not valid anymore. Rather the question has become "how many billions".
[1] https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2022/09/death-by-hockey-sticks/ https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2022/09/death-by-hockey-sticks/