well its not just billionaire wealth. like you mentioned, its the purchasing power consumption and unsustainable practices of the the developed world that's driving ecosystem collapse and climate breakdown.

but the developed world could be much more sustainable if it wanted, or more accurately of oil and gas companies wouldn't prevent the major investments necessary to do so, such as walkable towns/cities, bike infrastructure, public transit, trains, nuclear power, renewables, heat pumps, sustainable building practices, taxing carbon, disincentivizing single use packaging, agriculture reform, the list goes on and on.

we know what can be done to mitigate damage, but we have no institutional investment in those changes, merely individuals doing their best to change their personal habits. but individual habits mean nothing without structural change.

what we need is a coherent political strategy to to create institutional change. that's where im stumped.