I think you may be extrapolating in the wrong direction from my comments.
My main point isn’t that the status quo is inevitable or anything like that. I’m trying to keep people focused on the whole problem, not just “eat the rich” type sloganeering. It’s going to be a multiple generation endeavor to fix the environment, even if we magically started doing all the right things now. If we keep keep presenting it as something that can be solved by just getting rid of the rich, we’re going to run into a whole new batch of problems when that doesn’t work.
Yeah, I think we’re mostly on the same page about it not being as simple as “get rid of the rich and problem solved.”
Where I think we differ is that I see capitalism itself as probably the biggest hurdle. Not because people in capitalism are inherently bad but because the system’s incentives are fundamentally at odds with living sustainably. I don’t think changing that magically solves everything but I do think it’s a prerequisite for solving the problem in the long run.
I think you may be extrapolating in the wrong direction from my comments.
My main point isn’t that the status quo is inevitable or anything like that. I’m trying to keep people focused on the whole problem, not just “eat the rich” type sloganeering. It’s going to be a multiple generation endeavor to fix the environment, even if we magically started doing all the right things now. If we keep keep presenting it as something that can be solved by just getting rid of the rich, we’re going to run into a whole new batch of problems when that doesn’t work.
Yeah, I think we’re mostly on the same page about it not being as simple as “get rid of the rich and problem solved.”
Where I think we differ is that I see capitalism itself as probably the biggest hurdle. Not because people in capitalism are inherently bad but because the system’s incentives are fundamentally at odds with living sustainably. I don’t think changing that magically solves everything but I do think it’s a prerequisite for solving the problem in the long run.