Re:How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apoc...
by cmiles74 on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:48PM
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That's a pretty anti-capitalist attitude: who would buy all of the apps and other consumer durables that would enable companies to keep reaping quarter on quarter growth?
It also presumes that climate change is caused by the number of people on the planet, which is demonstrably untrue. If we're willing to contemplate anti-capitalist (and thus anti-corporate) solutions, why not just fix the problem at it's source and make it illegal to burn fossil fuels, etc.? I think the idea that people need to "stop breeding" is somehow easier is somewhat stomach-turning.
It also presumes that climate change is caused by the number of people on the planet, which is demonstrably untrue. If we're willing to contemplate anti-capitalist (and thus anti-corporate) solutions, why not just fix the problem at it's source and make it illegal to burn fossil fuels, etc.? I think the idea that people need to "stop breeding" is somehow easier is somewhat stomach-turning.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/20/90-compa...