[yongjik]

Also the terminally online crowd blaming rising prices on greedy billionaires, and global warming on the same billionaires. Tell them about carbon tax and they will non-ironically ask "Why should I pay more when it's the billionaires' fault?"

I'm not saying billionaires are victims, but everybody wants it to be someone else's fault and none of their own fault. It's exhausting.

[Cthulhu_]

Interestingly enough, consumers will pay for (and will be able to earn money off of) emission rights in Europe soon. People charging their cars will earn certificates (which companies are already "graciously" offering to sell for them).

[21asdffdsa12]

Its sign of a immature society- one of those unwilling to mature to adulthood and say : "I did this, out of my own free will and with no coercion!" . Easier to hand power and responsibility to others, become a ward of the state!

[karmakurtisaani]

But maybe perhaps the billionaires should be the ones driving the progress, as the power they wield is very much disproportionate?

[yongjik]

What I'm saying is, people will still complain when the "ruling class" try to drive the progress because it does not conform to their worldview.

Like, Canada once tried to implement carbon tax, which was even revenue-neutral. If you're a Canadian and you emitted less CO2 than others the government will literally give you money.

It was widely unpopular and the plan was scrapped in 2025.

A lot of people think "billionaires are at fault" means "we just get rid of the billionaires and everything will become better, if it doesn't then the billionaires are still at fault." They don't want progress, they want someone to blame.

[21asdffdsa12]

We ran that experiment: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot

The billionaires are just the line cooks handing out what comes in from the market- and the market aka a globe eaten by people is slim pickings.

[Timon3]

Every time I've seen such taxes proposed or implemented, it seems to be followed by waves of misinformation washing through most media outlets. Even verifiable lies keep being repeated, and are slowly picked up by broad strokes of the population.

Is there a chance that something similar happened in Canada?

[BizarroLand]

This person thinks the ants should be pushing the plow instead of the horse pulling it.