do you think the elite are going to give up their consumption? Most people over there can't even heat their homes. Thats not 'consuming too much'... thats a basic need. meanwhile.. illegals coming in get put in 4 and 5 star hotels and are living in comfort.
Lets look at the elites citing climate crisis but all flying private jets left and right to the climate meeting. climate crisis but we all have beach mansions. hey.. who cares that we have 3..4...5... 10 mansions around the world..
Been around elites, too. Just like normal people, you've got your good and bad. Been around one that owns a 100 million plus company and gives all the profits away consistently. Nobody really knows about it, though.
Some are really bad, too. Easy to find those in the news.
But unlike normal people, many of them have certain abilities that tend to be very rare. Been amazed when I witnessed them in action a few times. I then realized there will always be elites.
Another thing I learned is that most people who criticize them act the exact same way when they are given the same money/power/opportunities.
Seems to me that we need to build strong communities that can find the right changes at the right price and pace and make sure the proper dependencies are in place to make it all sustainable. Might want to encourage those communities to wish other communities success as well, even if we don't agree on some things (like cattle color or breed
).
Makes me sad that I haven't had the skills to be a part of something like that myself. Also seems that we need those elites to do it because, often, all we can do is criticize out of our feelings of helplessness and frustration rather than offer better solutions. Hope some of those elites care enough to give it a heartfelt go.
Many of the folks saying it's currently too expensive to go sustainable seem to be right. Thing is, what we've been doing these past 100 years is not sustainable either. Think about it: Can the over 7 billion people on the planet consume the same amount as the average American? Are we going to go around the world saying, 'We got to this consumption level first and deserve this level and even increases to our consumption in perpetuity, but you all need to accept low consumption for yourselves and your descendants in perpetuity, even though you work longer hours, on average are healthier, and get better test scores than us Americans.'? Hmmm…
Lord help us and the elites find a way (or set of ways) to work together and move forward is all I can say.
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