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by flir 876 days ago
It's not about going without that GDP, it's about redirecting it.

Simplified example: pay 6% of the population to plant trees.

> and the 1% simply never will because they don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves.

That's a lot closer to why we won't do it. Because as a species we can't act for the long term.