few things have battered my faith in the US and the west in general like the institutional response to climate science. we have known for decades that a transition is required, but not only that: that the transition would not be some descent into drudgery and discomfort. that it could improve our day to day lives, increase comfort and convenience. we had the resources to make the transition smoothly.
the problem is it would marginally decrease the political power and wealth of the already powerful elite minority, so instead we’re going to commit to the path that social murders billions of people and trillions of organisms we share this planet with. it’s so banal, lazy, and cruel.
much of my hope for the future comes from the PRC’s attempt to build socialism and hopefully drag the remnants of this shitty empire and its vassals into a better world.
The conspiracy-brained part of me thinks there’s a sizable number of billionaires in key sectors who know what’s going on and want billions to suffer in the belief that they will somehow weather the storm and inherit a depopulated earth.
On the other hand it could just be the bourgeoisie being that out to lunch after conquering the world that they just lost all their instincts for self-preservation. They certainly don’t have any progressive role in history anymore.
they will somehow weather the storm and inherit a depopulated earth.
Given all the articles on their various bunker projects and the continued anti-immigrant drumbeat, it seems like that’s exactly what they want. Fiends in human shape, all of 'em.
My thoughts exactly. It’s just so delusional of them to think that they’ll survive. A Roman villa in late 7th century Britain has a better chance at survival.
few things have battered my faith in the US and the west in general like the institutional response to climate science. we have known for decades that a transition is required, but not only that: that the transition would not be some descent into drudgery and discomfort. that it could improve our day to day lives, increase comfort and convenience. we had the resources to make the transition smoothly.
the problem is it would marginally decrease the political power and wealth of the already powerful elite minority, so instead we’re going to commit to the path that social murders billions of people and trillions of organisms we share this planet with. it’s so banal, lazy, and cruel.
much of my hope for the future comes from the PRC’s attempt to build socialism and hopefully drag the remnants of this shitty empire and its vassals into a better world.
The conspiracy-brained part of me thinks there’s a sizable number of billionaires in key sectors who know what’s going on and want billions to suffer in the belief that they will somehow weather the storm and inherit a depopulated earth.
On the other hand it could just be the bourgeoisie being that out to lunch after conquering the world that they just lost all their instincts for self-preservation. They certainly don’t have any progressive role in history anymore.
Given all the articles on their various bunker projects and the continued anti-immigrant drumbeat, it seems like that’s exactly what they want. Fiends in human shape, all of 'em.
My thoughts exactly. It’s just so delusional of them to think that they’ll survive. A Roman villa in late 7th century Britain has a better chance at survival.