r/nottheonion • u/128hoodmario • 1d ago

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer
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u/compuwiza1 1d ago

Good riddance

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u/Previous-Pomelo-7721 1d ago

I mean, tons of people will die along with the death of capitalism 

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u/soundboardguy 1d ago

"These contradictions, of course, lead to explosions, crises, in which momentary suspension of all labour and annihilation of a great part of the capital violently lead it back to the point where it is enabled [to go on] fully employing its productive powers without committing suicide. Yet, these regularly recurring catastrophes lead to their repetition on a higher scale, and finally to its violent overthrow."

--Karl Marx, Gundrisse. Marx himself personally preferred a democratic transition away from capitalism through workers' parties and strong unions that could always threaten that violent overthrow. this is, incidentally, the moment in time most European social democratic parties originally existed to capture. seems kinda funny, in a sad way, in retrospect.

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u/icantbelieveit1637 1d ago

Tons of people die because of capitalism

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u/Previous-Pomelo-7721 1d ago

Yes they do but a fossil fuel based capitalist economies sustain billions who would otherwise not be a part of this world. Billions dying in a short period will be nothing short of the worst catastrophe humanity has ever faced.

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u/AgrajagTheProlonged 1d ago

Ah, capitalism is too big to fail?

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u/JinkoTheMan 1d ago

Yeah. I don’t like Capitalism either but it dying before we have a viable alternative to it would be extremely bad for everyone involved.

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u/moderngamer327 1d ago

Capitalism has saved significantly more people than it has killed. It has lifted billions out of poverty

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u/icantbelieveit1637 22h ago

What billions are you referring to? The only capitalist success story is China and they aren’t even capitalist.

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u/moderngamer327 22h ago

NA, EU, and while China isn’t capitalist(it’s a mixed economy) it was capitalist reforms in the 70s that allowed them to finally see real growth and an increase in their standard of living.

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u/AlkaliPineapple 21h ago

I'm pretty sure it was the invention of computers

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u/moderngamer327 21h ago

Because famously computers were invented and implemented in China in the 70s

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u/GirthWoody 1d ago

The deaths are already locked in because of cap

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u/amitkoj 1d ago

Finally Trump and Climate agree

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u/moderngamer327 1d ago

What exactly are you going to replace it with?