Here’s a thought - instead of blowing a trillion and a half on cruise lines and offshore corporate accounts, we could just mail checks to people.
If we wanted to take care of people and keep them fed and sheltered, there’s nothing stopping us from doing that. There’s more than enough food, there’s more than enough space. We’re not even close to exhausting the energy budget of our planet.
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Second problem is tied to the first, and it’s the idea that every solution has to be tied to the idea that if someone can’t make a profit off it, how will it ever be possible? We’re actually pretty altruistic as a species. When given the choice, most people choose to help.
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But if you have a bunch of assholes out there poisoning everyone’s minds with the idea of “how can we keep the stockholders happy?”, well, we end up trying to figure out how many dead is worth getting a cheeseburger and a haircut.
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