[SamPatt]

>the wealthy should risk their money in order to invest in more sustainable economies for those less developed nations. That would solve the problem, right?

No. This seems incoherent to me - you are blaming the wealthy for inaction due to their greed, then claiming those same greedy people would be able to solve the problem if they invested in developing economies.

It seems far more likely that they would just use those investments as new avenues for control / extraction, as we've seen for centuries. Or are you expecting those greedy wealthy people to just start being altruistic?

I'm not claiming to have a solution. It's very tricky and I doubt a neat solution exists, unless we stumble unto some incredible new technology. It's about tradeoffs instead, and then that becomes a political question. The answer isn't "blame the rich."

[digging]

No, I don't expect them to do what's good for humanity without being forced. The answer isn't blame the rich, it's force the rich.