It's always about money isn't it?
this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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Which is weird, because doing nothing is only going to cost more and more as time goes on.
Well yeah, but have you thought about how doing something might impact profits this quarter? Unacceptable!
Exactly. It's about short term profits only.
New acronym just dropped.
NIMQE - Not in my quarterly earnings! Pronounced Nimquee
Example usage: The CEO, upon receiving word of a new bill that would drastically help reduce carbon emissions but also create a temporary negative pressure on their multinational's earnings per share, pulled a suitcase full of cash from their file cabinet and walked out the door, calling up the governor to arrage a round of golf where they would declare NIMQE.
It might cost more overall but it will be different people paying that cost (taxpayers and poor, mostly) whereas if we took action now it would be the capitalists paying for it.
A 3C temperature increase will cause “precipitous declines in output, capital and consumption that exceed 50% by 2100”
Remember this is a global average. There will be places with a 100% decline.
And, most importantly, -200% decline
Oh no not the gross domestic product!!
Ironically one of the ways to fight climate crisis would be degrowth, which involves not caring about such things as the GDP
Shhh if we tell them it hurts GDP, billionaires might start actually paying attention
Six times and 12% is a massive understatement of what's going to happen
Absolutely massive
As I've always said, climate protection is economy protection. In the long run especially.
But those fucks in charge are too short-sighted and narrow-minded.
Short term profits are more important than long term financial survival. Or, in case of our climate, even survival at all.
Hear me out for a moment:
We can solve a big chunk of this. Politicians want to be elected, so they do what the people want. Under capitalism, every receipt is a ballot paper. Our shopping, toys and short vacations are only possible through exploitation and destruction. If we understand this, we can make different choices and simply let things be. We change our minds, we stop doing it! That's harder than moaning about politics, the economy and the system on the internet, because you really have to change something about yourself. Paying more money for products that are also available cheaply. But as long as we remain greedy, spoiled bargain hunters, nothing will change around us.
Bonus points if you talk about it and go protest.
- Join an initiative at your workplace, neighborhood or start one yourself
- Join a group that engages in activism
- Vote for the most ambitious climate candidates at all levels over the next 10 years
- Buy everything used, second hand
- Switch to green energy providers
- Insulate your home
- Eat less meat and more plant-based foods
- Shift your banking and investments to benefit the environment
- Switch to public transportation, bike or electric car
- Stop flying
