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this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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only because profit is prioritised by a handful of people over the wellbeing of the planet and everyone on it, not because there is an actual lack of money (or even need for it, but I digress) to pay for these things.
But all of this assumes no cost to continuing using oil. Because we don't count the damages done to climate or our well-being in terms of money.
If you include the externalities of fossil fuels, it's very very worth it.
Yes of course I'm in favour of slavery... What do you think???
We already pay for most things with taxes. Like roads or the military. Somehow all that works out just fine.
Meanwhile your solution is for everyone to go to depression era thinking.. as if that is more realistic. And won't need regulation too.
But yes, global cooperation is indeed needed to solve climate change. There is no other way around it. And I never claimed otherwise?
It's honestly quite scary that the idea of no money = slavery to these people.
yes,