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Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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Time to over throw the rich.
Let's seize their bank account
then you're rich and we need to seize your account
Not once you distribute it evenly. Then there is only equality
Reminds me of a really funny reddit comment of someone trying to solve inequality: Take the richest person in the world and murder them. They would do this until people will be so afraid of having money that they'll just give it all away, thus eventually achieving equality.
Obviously it's a dogshit idea that could only come from the finest brains of preddit, but it's pretty funny to see a liberal take on communism.
Also that's kinda what China does already and it hasn't really worked to close the wealth gap.
Time to eat them
You realize you personally emit likely 10 times the carbon emissions than the poorest 66 percent. There majority of the world uses far far less energy than you. While wealth inequality is an issue, the best majority of energy is uses by regular people in developed nations. Ignoring this is just trying to find someone else to blame.