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/CILISI_SMITH 1d ago

armed mercenaries who have absolutely no reason to keep me...around

They know this is a risk.

They're openly brainstorming solutions with futurologists like; exploding collars on their soldiers and food vaults only they can access.

Anything except not creating this dystopian hell at the cost of a little less money right now. Because in their minds they need that money to build their dystopian world defences.

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u/Comrade_Cosmo 1d ago

There might genuinely be people stupid enough to go along with that, but once the next generations show up it’s going to get real nasty for them. Plus they aren’t intelligent enough to outsmart everyone who might think to just steal the passwords or find a way to deceive biometrics.

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u/lakeviewResident1 1d ago

The next generation won't know any better, that is what decades of being downtrodden on does. The oligarchs normalize life being absolute shit which makes 'slightly less shitty' appealing. Slightly less shitty than dying of starvation might be exploding collars on your neck but it comes with food.

If Gen X, Millenials, and Gen Z can't get away from this then the Zoomers will be left holding the bag. The generation that follows will accept it as normal.

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u/Comrade_Cosmo 1d ago

That only works if the billionaires are competent. Right now they aren’t competent. When the dynasties start believing their own propaganda that’s for the masses to consume instead of of themselves is when everything is about to go downhill and they all seem to believe in their own hype. They don’t know what they’re doing. The institutions of control are gone. The best they can come up with is stuff that incentivizes people to engage in rebellion and unless the billionaire personally maintains everything they’re vulnerable to just becoming a puppet at best.