Little Grey Rabbit

So remember that ethical dilemma about choosing the train track with one body on it or twenty down the line..? Just wondering if we should be taking out the fossil fuel billionaires and exploiters for the sake of 8 billion humankind..? (not seriously obvs for those that might misconstrue this is a threat but ethically or fiscally perhaps?) #cop27 #climate #fossilfuels #WindfallTax #PlunderState

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/18/leaders-climate-breakdown-fail-power-cop27

Our leaders had a final chance to halt climate breakdown. They failed each and every one of us

It’s a miracle that any one of us is alive today. Those with the power to grant that miracle to future generations chose not to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
Nov 19, 2022 at 2:34pmWeb
Show threadCade JohnsonNov 19, 2022
@LittleGreyRab This concept is explored somewhat in Kim Stanley Robinson's book "The Ministry for the Future"; an agency of the UN has to spawn a dark-ops wing to achieve some of its objectives in a timely way. We all want to remain civilized, but we have some un-civil issues to resolve.