It's called Accelerationism. Those with the resources to weather the collapse feel it is their duty to bring it about so they can restart civilization "correctly" this time.

That's not cool, man. I'm totally planning on becoming a billionaire! How else will I be able to afford the bunker of my dreams to protect my family from the incoming calamity?

Communism. (I say as a non-pejorative) I wonder if there is a way to make that work.

Or decent socialism. Co-ops > Corps.

I think there has to be some controls put on Capitalism as currently, all the incentives are for corporations/businesses to exploit natural resources as fast as possible with hardly any incentives to protect habitats (including ours).