They aren’t limited by democracy.
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iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Say what you will at least China seems produce some much needed tech in exchange for selling their people to capitalism, the latter which almost all countries do but in exchange for funnelling the revenue 99.9 % to billionaires and/or war (pulled the stats out of my hass).
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
bystander@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
This is a factual statement. Whether people like how it sounds or not.
It is true, though lacking fail safes of a real democracy is a dangerous game to play in the long term, even if technically positive in the moment. As most autocratic leaders seek to gain continuous and more power. Or their predecessor does.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Switching to renewables makes a lot of sense from an economic and ecologic point of view but also geostrategically. Unfortunately, Western governments have pretty much lost the ability to act on those considerations. This is due to then being beholden to a few billionaires who would rather see civilisation as we know it end than accept a few percentage points revenue drop for a couple of quarters.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
It’s because the regulatory bodies are captured by the interests of the fossil fuel companies