While they all claim they want to save energy and resources, they are corporations. They only care about optimizing revenues, which they are legally obligated to by being corporations. The real reason they want to save energy and resources is because they think it will make them earn more money in the end.
When corporations talk about #sustainability what they talk about is how they plan to make their company grow faster to survive against other corporations.
Under capitalism, corporations are in competitions. They have to grow constantly and acquire other companies in order to not be acquired themselves by other corporations.
A corporation talking about sustainability is only a mean to defend themselves against acquisition.
Yet we all know that infinite growth isn't sustainable!
Rich people, the 1% who own all of Earth's resources and money, are terrified of the #climateCrisis but not for the same reason as you and I. They aren't afraid for their life, because they own houses in countries that won't be affected by climate changes or mega-yachts that can move around in search of good weather.
No, rich people are afraid of the economic crisis that will come with the environmental crisis. They are afraid that their company will lose clients and lose value.
The questions from the conference's crowd are all about "why should I be green?", "How will it increase my market value?"
They don't care about the planet, their workers, their social impact. They only care about their bank account. That's the exact definition of greenwashing.
As someone in the comment remarked, using the expression "the 1%" is an exaggeration. Rich people represent much less than 1% of our population. The billionaires who own half of Earth's wealth are only like 26 (from memory. Maybe 28. Less than 30 for sure)
That's Elon Musk, Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and few others. These 30 people have names and addresses. We're 8 billion humans suffering because of there 30 ultra-rich individuals!
This conference from #GreenSoftwareFoundation is so frustrating to watch... They only talk about carbon emissions. They completely ignore the human cost! It's not just about #CO2 emissions! We're reaching the point where we're running out of resources. We're running out of petrol, rare metals (lithium, cobalt, etc) required to make batteries. We're running out of farmable land, which will cause a food crisis and famines.
People are ready to transition. I see it. People are tired of their shitty useless job, their shitty useless politicians. People are ready for a better world, a greener world, a fairer world.
The only thing stopping us are the 1%. The rich folks. The politicians. The people with power. But their power come from us! Without us, they are nothing. They need our labour, our brains. We are the ones powering their money-printing machine!
So lets stop powering their machines! Let's kick them out! We don't need the rich and powerful people to build a better world! We can do a better job than them. We can organize ourselves!
If you want to help, join an advocacy group, go to your city council meeting, join your #union, go read about #solarpunk, start a #garden in your front yard! Learn to #repair your clothes and appliances instead of buying new ones.
You don't have the time or mental energy to do that? Of course you don't! We all work too much! That's the #neoliberal world we live in. So quit your job! Find a better job!
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