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Things I have heard all my life, since at least 40 years:
- We will run out of oil in 20 years
- Fusion reactors will give us cheap energy in 20 years
- We just need to build more roads instead of public transport to solve traffic jams
- You will have to give up your relative luxury for a better future for all
- We cannot tax the rich
After all those years, I think these are all lies ;)
@jwildeboer You mean it has been like this even before?
What could they talk about climate and food security?
@jwildeboer The fun part about the we cannot tax the rich lie is that we used to. Between the 1930's and 1980's the effective tax rate for highest income earners was 63% to 91%.
The rich used to be taxed proportionally to their income. Then they figured out how to undo that shifting the burden to the middle-to-lower income brackets.
Here's what I think is absolutely possible:
- We won't need oil in 20 years
- We can have solar, batteries, wind energy in decentralised ways and will never need fusion reactors
- Trains are better to move us around, individual traffic solutions only for the last 10 miles
- We are continuously progressing on the quality of life and it will only get better
- We can tax the rich.
- We can move towards a cooperative and social capitalism that helps the many
It's not revolution, it's evolution :)
@jwildeboer I like what you express and would like to add to „Trains are better to move us around, individual traffic solutions only for the last 10 miles“ … outside of cities, where buses and tramways are great to move us around.
@jwildeboer
THIS is a Vision to be lived in!
@jwildeboer fusion reactors would still be nice tho
@jwildeboer we *did and still do* tax the rich 🤓
(As always, I will ignore the "yes, but" and "what about" replies that show how they only care about problems. I will however celebrate all replies that add to better solutions :)
@jwildeboer ever were lies from the beginning,
but i feel you
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