Climate Change Will Not Spare the Rich
Climate Change Will Not Spare the Rich
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They have decided to spare themselves and make bunkers. They will retreat while the rest of us burn. Just make sure to block their vaults from the outside before you leave this world.
Their security guards will eventually turn on them though, provided they aren't shock collared.
They dont realize no good end will come. The only way out of this is solidarity and unity.
It will spare them a lot longer than it will the poor, though.
Per the article:
as the planet warms further, the increase in risk actually falls heaviest on those swimming in money rather than floodwater.
It may not kill, but it's going to be incredibly expensive.
Right, but they are rich, they can afford expensive.
Well hopefully, they deserve it at least just as much, for most of the them more, than the rest of us
From a global perspective, the average middle class or even working class American who drives everywhere in an SUV, eats huge portions of meat products at wasteful restaurants, and generally consumes ten times as much as the average person is part of the rich. And yes, we deserve it.
The 1%. But the .1% of that 1% is who is controlling everything.
I get the sentiment of the article but I disagree. I live in the Jackson Hole area and I am surrounded by billionaires. They have bought huge ranches and put the surrounding lands in environmental trusts. They have also bought a lot of farmland in the Idaho side of the mountain and also turned it into land trusts. The bottom line is that, thanks to climate change the weather is now milder and by reducing the water demands from farms, the area has plenty of fresh water, even during a drought. When you have the means, you can protect yourself.
at the end of the day, theres more of us than them, they can horde there wealth and be on the wrong side of the climate wars or not.
Article cited : Global economic impact of weather variability on the rich and the poor https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01430-7