Captured by vested interests? - Confronting state capture
“Collectively we are driving Earth and civilisation towards #collapse. Human activities have exceeded #PlanetaryBoundaries. We are changing the climate, losing #biodiversity, degrading land, contaminating freshwater, and damaging the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles upon which we all depend.”
But “decision-makers and influencers are captured by #VestedInterests.”
“Confronting #StateCapture involves reversing several undemocratic practices. Of particular concern is the funding of political parties by corporate interests as well as the revolving-door jobs between government and #CorporateInterests.”
https://theconversation.com/saving-humanity-heres-a-radical-approach-to-building-a-sustainable-and-just-society-205566
https://australiandemocracy.org.au/
Working together for a stronger #democracy
The 2022 #Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals that most countries have made little to no progress in tackling corruption in more than a decade at a time when human rights and democracy are also under attack.
https://transparency.org.au/global-ranking/
#EcologicalEconomicsTransition #SystemicChange #LifeSupportSystem #Biosphere #EnvironmentalDestruction #SocialJustice #Law #State #Climate #RapidClimateMitigation #CitizenAction