Ever notice who’s telling us not to act on climate change? It’s usually rich people.
Not all rich people, but definitely those who have made their fortune destroying the planet. You need to have a particular selfishness of mind to hoard resources at the expense of others, and that’s a defining attribute of mining magnates, loggers and other, similarly useless cunts.
People like Gina Rhinehart, who look at an open-cut mine and see a bouquet of dollar signs amidst the terranean scar.
People like ScoMo, who ally themselves to destructive power and try to find solace in fairytales to allay their guilt.
Is this God’s work, ScoMo? Is that the plan? To destroy creation through arrogance dressed up as ignorance?
People like Peter Dutton, who joke about the destruction of countries and the death of their citizens as a result of rising sea levels.
The problem is, these people have the resources necessary to withstand the more devastating effects of climate change.
They can weatherproof their houses, buy food in times of scarcity and even keep the aircon on when summer temperatures skyrocket so high that the sick and elderly start dropping off the perch.
A similar trend is reflected in international relations. It’s no coincidence that wealthy countries like the US and Australia dig their heels in when it comes to action on climate change.
It’s not really that our politicians doubt the overwhelming evidence presented by the scientific community, who has told us time and time again, ‘Act now, idiots!’.
It’s that they think climate change is inevitable because no one will really do anything about it, and that we’re better off hoarding our resources to try to weather the storm when it hits with full force. Better off letting vulnerable, foreign masses bear the brunt.
Their evil stupidity is mind-boggling.
Do they think that people will just stay put as their islands submerge, their agriculture burns or blows away and their lands become unliveable?
There’s not enough room or money on Nauru to settle a few more island nations. They will come to the land that abounds with nature’s gifts. I know I would.
But the burden will be tougher then. Australia will be wrought by devastating droughts and bushfires, and we’ll have lost a fair bit of our lustre – goodbye Great Barrier Reef!
I wonder what we’ll do then? Revolution? Will we overthrow the government? Punish the deniers? Pillage Rhinehart’s homes and yachts?
That’s the one thing that terrifies me more than the effects of climate change: imagining how splintered our society will become as we scramble for resources and try to lay the blame.
And it’s not enough to turn off a light bulb anymore. To ride to work or cut out dairy. Do all that because it’s the right thing to do, but also know that real change will need to come from Canberra.
We need to boot these imbeciles out and replace them with a government that will stop putting us in danger.
That will show leadership, work with other countries and grind our carbon emissions to a halt in the next 10 years.
It’ll be a shock to the system.
But not nearly as bad as the alternative.
#2030 #wehave10years