Nature Is Bringing the Heat and We’re Acting Like a Deer in the Headlights

Why is it so hard to imagine something better than capitalism?

Canada’s recent heat records, wildfires, and over 450 deaths are the tip of a quickly melting iceberg. And only a week earlier someone leaked an IPCC draft report which warns of just how close we are to a cascading failure of our precious ecosystems. So what’s the response from our so-called ruling elite? A performance…best described as spectacle, sympathy, and silence.

First, the corporate-controlled media pounces on the opportunity to attract eyeballs and show pictures of heat-exhausted people, volunteers handing out water, and towns devastated by wildfires. Next, corrupt politicians (puppets of the .0001%) offer sympathetic looks, promises to help those in need, and platitudes about how Canada is working hard to address climate change. And finally, in the last act of this cynical performance, we get deafening silence as to why we can’t seem to engage with this emergency in any meaningful way?

Why Are We So Stuck?

First, let’s be clear — it’s not you and I who are stuck. We’re not driving the failed policy. That psychopathic effort is being driven by the planet’s new de facto political leaders; the corporate elite and billionaire hoarders who are fighting to keep their capitalist wet dream alive.

Secondly, let’s not confuse where the problem lies. It’s not a technological problem — we have the solutions at our fingertips. It’s not a business case problem — that’s a ruse — a distraction to avoid or delay costly regulatory changes. It’s not an investment problem — governments have made it clear that they can borrow as many trillions as they want when it comes to starting a war or paying corporate bailouts. The problem is one of ideology, culture, power, and greed.

Wealth and Privilege

It feels good to be at the top. To have all the money in the world. To make the rules or at least to be consulted about them. It’s like being a king. People don’t give up that kind of power. They fight for it using every tool at their disposal, and that’s a big war chest when you control trillions of dollars, mainstream media, and most…