• silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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    18 days ago

    It’s also not top priority for the American public.

    I’ve seen those studies, and they may well say something for issues where there is an inherent conflict of interest between rich and the rest, but on climate, there’s a shared interest in a civilization-supporting planet. CEOs may thing like this:

    But the billionaires behind them often want to be able to live in luxury indefinitely. And we can appeal to that successfully.

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      18 days ago

      I’m assuming you can tell I don’t share that optimism. Appealing to billionaires to do the right thing, even for selfish reasons, is a losing battle. I do genuinely envy your ability to find comfort in that thought though.