Is it really reasonable to think that everything we see on the news around the world is just the result of few deranged political leaders who follow just short-term agendas.

This happen because Putin is just a megalomaniac who wants to conquer new territories.

This happen because Netanyahu is just an extremist who wants to destroy all Palestinian.

This happen because Trump is just a glorified con man who want power and money.

What about the powers behind those people?

What about the long-term interest?

Are they really just ignoring the future global crisis?

For example: Trump wants to control the US narrative and turn the global warming into a fluke, a scam.

But what are really thinking the powers behind him? Could they just be so naive of their own long termn interests?? Or they actually want the things to change.

I mean, it is quite expensive to keep the power in a democracy. All those “free things” to control: the market, the news, the education, that damn free speech… the human rights.

And let me be clear:

We are ’ NOT ’ immune to propaganda.

You ’ WANT’ to think they are just idiots. A bunch of greedy pigs with no plans. It’s easy to think that way. It’s… comfortable.

  • Eq0@literature.cafe
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    5 days ago

    Honestly, this thought has been hanging in the back of my brain for a while. As soon as I had a little money, I asked myself how to maximize my protection against climate change. (I am still mulling over it) So I would expect billionaires to really care about it, at least for their own personal wellness. But that’s not how it seems. It looks like they are warring over the same old resources, not noticing how the world of tomorrow is going to be drastically different from the world of today. Or maybe they are setting up personal guerrilla groups to defend themselves? I’m lost

  • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    4 days ago

    To butcher Kurzweil, “Post-scarcity is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed”.

    We have the resources for every man, woman, and child on this planet to lead a healthy life, to work minimal hours, and to achieve their life’s purpose without drudgery, but the people who currently have power would have their power decreased in order to give it to us.

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
    7·
    5 days ago

    It’s totally reasonable to think that they are blind to the problem.

    Look at the run up to WW1. The European generals had studied the US Civil War and knew what large scale battles would look like.

    But in the end it doesn’t matter if they are acting out of blindness or insanity.

    The result is the same.

  • Frezik
    3·
    4 days ago

    For more than a few, the answer is luxury prepper bunkers. Spez has one of those.