It is past time to discuss cc...it's time to discuss sunscreen!
Do I have a disjointed memory, or when the world was faced with the ozone layer depletion crisis of the 80s did we not mostly band together and take swift decisive action to reduce the impact our life style was having on the ozone layer? How are we unable to join together like that now? Most of the decision makers in this space would've been around during that period.
There is a small essay in the elections thread that I think addresses this well.
The divide between the rich and poor has widened so much that the poor can no longer envision and therefore no longer demands a world in which we all give up a little bit in order to get a better world, because they don't have much left to give to the rich.
The poor live effectively now, due to strains on public transport and road infrastructure as well as unaffordable housing close to the cbd but no efforts to spread jobs outwards, 1-4 hours from work. Then we spend 8 hours at work. Then you come home and spend 1-2 hours cook dinner or do other household chores whilst you wait for your food delivery. If you have kids, you basically have no spare time and you definitely do not have any spare money.
Then some fucking exec at BP tells you that YOU should lower your carbon footprint whilst he's taking a private jet to attend a business meeting he could have on skype.
You think why the fuck should I do anything?
The rich have already jumped to the solution of placing the blame on the poor, whilst also having convinced the poor that if the rich have to pay more taxes the poor will loose out even more and of course that is true. The rich will just make the economy scream and millions will die in poverty if we raise taxes on the rich (we still have to try).
#executetherichinthestreets
