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n this hard hitting piece, George Monbiot writes: "More important than the direct impacts of the ultra-wealthy is the political and cultural power with which they block effective change."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/capitalism-is-killing-the-planet-its-time-to-stop-buying-into-our-own-destruction
Speaking to what has been positioned as a binary between development and the climate crisis, historian, social critic and political activist Noam Chomsky says in an interview, “I would like to see a move toward a more free and just society" https://jacobinmag.com/2021/10/noam-chomsky-interview-climate-change-cop26-ipcc-kyoto-paris-agreement
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At #COP26, India made a commitment to get 50% of energy from renewable sources by 2030.
Can we meet the commitments we are making at the international level?
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![In this hard hitting piece, George Monbiot writes: "More important than the direct impacts of the ultra-wealthy is the political and cultural power with which they block effective change. Their cultural power relies on a hypnotising fairytale. Capitalism persuades us that we are all temporarily embarrassed millionaires. This is why we tolerate it. In reality, some people are extremely rich because others are extremely poor: massive wealth depends on exploitation. And if we did all become millionaires, we would cook the planet in no time at all. But the fairytale of universal wealth, one day, secures our obedience. [...]
Wealth taxes strike at the heart of the issue. They should be high enough to break the spiral of accumulation and redistribute the riches accumulated by a few. They could be used to put us on an entirely different track, one that I call “private sufficiency, public luxury”. While there is not enough ecological or even physical space on Earth for everyone to enjoy private luxury, there is enough to provide everyone with public luxury: magnificent parks, hospitals, swimming pools, art galleries, tennis courts and transport systems, playgrounds and community centres. We should each have our own small domains – private sufficiency – but when we want to spread our wings, we could do so without seizing resources from other people."
Even as India finds itself in pursuit of a development agenda couched in measurements of GDP, it's time to stand up and ask the question: Development for who?
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