Re:Jeff Bezos Commits $10B to Address Climate Change
by BurningFrog on Monday February 17, 2020 @06:56PM
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I just think it's an important realization that while a democratically elected central government is much better than, say, one run by absolute hereditary monarchy, it is still one central government, and it will end up being run by a few people who make the their way to the top.
> I know a lot of people that would pin the gratuitous invasion of other countries on the industrial-military complex and control of oil and all the money that depends on it.
I don't know how you can square that view with the one where the voting public controls the government. Is the voters or the industrial-military complex in charge? Can't be both.
The human ability to hold completely opposite views at the same time truly is something!
> Are there any billionaires trying to solve this problem?
Well, the Koch brothers certainly do/did. A few quickly Google links:
> I know a lot of people that would pin the gratuitous invasion of other countries on the industrial-military complex and control of oil and all the money that depends on it.
I don't know how you can square that view with the one where the voting public controls the government. Is the voters or the industrial-military complex in charge? Can't be both.
The human ability to hold completely opposite views at the same time truly is something!
> Are there any billionaires trying to solve this problem?
Well, the Koch brothers certainly do/did. A few quickly Google links:
https://www.axios.com/koch-network-opposes-sessions-restart-... https://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/25/koch-network-trump-adm... https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/do-the-...