The young people taking to the streets for the climate strike are right: their future
is being stolen. The economy is an environmental pyramid scheme,
dumping its liabilities on the young and the unborn. Its current growth
depends on intergenerational theft.
is being stolen. The economy is an environmental pyramid scheme,
dumping its liabilities on the young and the unborn. Its current growth
depends on intergenerational theft.
At the heart of capitalism is a vast and scarcely examined
assumption: you are entitled to as great a share of the world’s
resources as your money can buy. You can purchase as much land, as much
atmospheric space, as many minerals, as much meat and fish as you can afford, regardless of who might be deprived. If you can pay for them, you can own
entire mountain ranges and fertile plains. You can burn as much fuel as
you like. Every pound or dollar secures a certain right over the
world’s natural wealth.