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Every system can and will get exploited. I am not sure how another economic system will fix this. Assholes will be assholes and if we don't stop them from getting into positions of power this will continue.
Not to say that capitalism isn't a bucket full of shit. But I would argue setting the incentives right, can mitigate damage. The issue is getting this done politically. Which brings us back to assholes (+capitalism) again.
Here's the thing. "End climate change" is a goal. On the other hand, "capitalism" is not a goal. It is a means.
If you cannot achieve your goals because capitalism, which again is just a means, gets in the way, then it is obvious that you are using the wrong means. Only an insane person would keep doing the same thing that doesn't work.
Have you ever considered how much money it would cost to keep the Earth habitable for human life in the future?!
Funnily enough, it's actually many magnitudes less expensive to act on climate change
I defend that simply doing what is needed to clean up all the shit we have left behind up to now, let alone prevention, energy transition, moving to biodegradable plastics, mass transit, etc, would create immense economic growth. It's essentially the fossil fuels cartel, and their political minions who keep us here.
Maybe if all of the renewable sector pooled together to lobby as hard as the fossils, there could be advances.
To the extent you associate that "capitalism" means "rich people and corporations get to do whatever the hell they want with impunity", then yes. Absolutely. If you have a problem with that, I'll tell you where to shove it.
PragerU is awful right so I infer they mean this as a bad thing.
Yeah, they love themselves some horrifically under-regulated capitalism.
"End climate change always translates into "end profiteering from environmental destruction" and we have no fucking clue why people don't like that" - Prager u
It might just be because you can't capitalism your way out of real problems that don't involve making a small number of people absurdly rich at the expense of, well, everything, including the ability of life to exist on this planet.
They were so close to getting it
They tell on themselves constantly, but their audience is deaf to it.
