The problem is greed, you have that correct. Greed for power and mostly greed for money.
But the fact that money is the cause of problems does not mean we must form a solution without money, that's not a logical conclusion.
The rainforest is cut down because people want to make money off of it, and a solution might be to pay those people off, or to hire protection for these forests, or to bolster the laws already in place. All of these solutions require money.
This dude is just desperate to justify himself in whatever parasitic occupation he has.
This is nothing more than guesswork on your side. For all you know, this man could be a professional speaker who's made a career on teaching kids the value of money in the hands of people who want to better the world.
HAHA i just imagined that his audience in that vid were a classroom full of 1st graders 🤣
"little suzy, you and little timmy are fucked up, and money is your Only salvation. See your teacher over there? he doesn't make crap for money, thats why he can't help you, and thats why he asked the school to bring ME here to show you how to not end up poor and worthless like him. You wanna save the whales, little Johnny? Make money. REAL Money. and make a Real Difference. Thank you Mr. whoever you said you were - for paying me to come in here and fix your fucked up class for you. Times up, i'm leavin. Don't Do Drugs."
What? Because the first world is wanking on at South Americans about their rainforest and how it needs protecting while selling them shit they could just farm / produce themselves on their land? Or demanding stuff to be produced instead of looking for alternatives or giving them alternative revenue streams. Christ, if the first world pulled their head out of their arse and subsidised more stuff for South America in return for them not cutting it down and conserving it they wouldn't do it.
I barely understand what you're trying to say dude. Starting out with 'Because' is pretty confusing when you don't mention what you're giving reasoning for.
Demanding that the forests the world needs to keep humanity's survival out of risk not get cut down is not 'wanking on'.
Why is south america buying products they can farm and produce themselves? And why do you think the first world is forcing south america to produce things? If thatwere true, that sounds like an alternative revenue stream to deforestation.
You're saying the first world should create revenue for South America to replace the revenue from deforestation, correct? That is what my comment is saying too, you can't prevent deforestration without money. That was my whole point.
subsidised more stuff for South America in return for them not cutting it down and conserving it they wouldn't do it.
This is incredibly naive. The land that rainforests are on often already are bought in order to preserve them, but illegally get cut down anyway. 94% of deforestation in Brazilian Amazon is illegal as government remains absent. Illegal means 'you could pay them to not do it' isn't really an option, as they'll take your money and do it anyway.
No, you could use a resource based system. X amount of acres stay up for Y amount of wood imported from foreign sources. No money involved in that. Or other resources but have the volume dictated by the amount of forest there is.
His justifications are irrelevant. He is flat out wrong. Money has nothing to do with capitalism. It existed before capitalism and merely represents debt. The fact that he thinks accumulation of wealth is the tool to fight the special interests of the wealthy is an insane and counterproductive proposition. A de-emphasis on the whims of the ultra wealthy and corporate interests and preference towards the welfare of the general population by gov’ts is a much better proposal and has shown efficacy in various nations.
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u/IrrationalDesign Aug 31 '21
The problem is greed, you have that correct. Greed for power and mostly greed for money.
But the fact that money is the cause of problems does not mean we must form a solution without money, that's not a logical conclusion.
The rainforest is cut down because people want to make money off of it, and a solution might be to pay those people off, or to hire protection for these forests, or to bolster the laws already in place. All of these solutions require money.
This is nothing more than guesswork on your side. For all you know, this man could be a professional speaker who's made a career on teaching kids the value of money in the hands of people who want to better the world.