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I’ve studied geopolitics all my life: climate breakdown is a bigger threat than China and Russia
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2024
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But their ideas are different from ours!
(I know it's way more complicated than this, but you can negotiate with one of these two things)
Climate change isn't the enemy, it's the weapon
I wonder sometimes if the powerful people in the world actually do see it that way. I mean, I bet they figure they (and their children) can survive the climate apocalypse that will wipe out all the poors. So from that point of view, why not just make as much money as possible and let the world go to shit. They can just colonize Antarctica. Forget Mars. Just pretend you’re preparing to live on a planet hostile to life as a way to prepare for the future…
It’s bleak but I wouldn’t be surprised if all those billionaires are thinking along these lines.