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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.
Time to eat them
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
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.
Man, all us middle-class Americans (or Canadians, as the case may be) really hate having that truth pointed out to us, don't we?