Bread and Circuses on Nostr: Why do we see so many feel-good stories in the corporate media about the Green ...
Why do we see so many feel-good stories in the corporate media about the Green Transition? About nations and companies making bold pledges to reduce or “offset” their emissions? About all the ways that exciting new technologies can make your world better, cleaner, happier?
Why are we scolded not to be doomers, to focus on positive things instead, to talk about solutions instead of problems?
Why?
To keep you going to work every day. To encourage more shopping and buying and upgrading. To keep us actively engaged in the endless cycle of production and consumerism and economic growth.
If corporate media told everyone the truth about how bad our climate and environmental crises really are, if they were honest about all the greed and corruption behind Business As Usual, then their precious system would collapse because too many people would refuse to participate.
The system will collapse anyway, eventually, a victim of overshoot and unsustainable inertia. But until then, the owners of our society are determined to make as much money as they can, no matter the disastrous outcome.
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
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