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Study reveals halving human population gradually could help Earth
(www.independent.co.uk)
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It's easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine a world without capitalism.
We don't give their heirs wealth my dude. It's a revolution. You round up the ruling class and seize their wealth and give it back to the masses that produced it.
I know "that'll never happen". Said every person throughout history just before a revolution.
The wealth redistribution wouldn't solve this particular problem though. If the ecological footprint of a quadrillionaire's wealth is giant spaceships, mega yachts, private jets, data centers and fuel for all of it then it doesn't matter who owns them. The ecological damage will always happen unless that wealth is disposed of or massively downcycled.
I think you are assuming the destructive effects of "wealth" are constant. This is not at all reasonable. 1 million people being able to afford shelter, healthcare, and food is not comparable to the unnecessary destruction we see today brought about by datacenters, private jets, super yachts, wars for the capitalist military industrial complex, etc, etc. Those absurdities do not exist without a concentration of wealth.
Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are saying? But, "wealth" does not have the linear relationship with the negative outcomes that you are implying. It is very much the concentration of wealth and power that results in these outcomes. The destructive power wealth has grows exponentially with its concentration in fewer and fewer hands. Simply because as it concentrates the wealthy are able to both cause the destruction AND avoid their consequences at the same time.
also - rich people being scared of the masses and consequences will likely contribute to them well-behaving
they will flee to argentina.
sure, some may, but not all can - especially considering the rich people from the local nationalities. E.g. the Aldi Brothers or Schwarz Family will certainly draw a lot oft anger from the populace when that happens. Also they are not able to move out most oft their assets out of the country when it happens, making them vulnerable to national confiscations/limiting access.
so - long story short - better to try and only get limited result than not trying and getting no result at all