They are the beneficiaries of the current system, but fundamentally it's not them but Capitalism that has the wheel. And Capitalism will happily drive us off a cliff chasing the line.
Case in point, climate change looms over us and nothing substantial is getting done to prepare us, let alone stop it. There will be famines, this much is a given.
I disagree that the owners of media conglomerates, politicians and right-wing think tanks are not at the wheel
Their decision making is still constrained by the meta-game of capital. Conservatives may be "at the wheel", but they can no more make a decision that breaks from the profit lust than their liberal counterparts could. Even if would save their own hold on power, even to keep their own grandchildren from starving in the next Dustbowl.
It's why they're so darn furious. They've gotten everything they purport to want and the results, well, it's proof negative of everything they believe.
They are the beneficiaries of the current system, but fundamentally it's not them but Capitalism that has the wheel. And Capitalism will happily drive us off a cliff chasing the line.
Case in point, climate change looms over us and nothing substantial is getting done to prepare us, let alone stop it. There will be famines, this much is a given.
I disagree that the owners of media conglomerates, politicians and right-wing think tanks are not at the wheel.
I agree climate change will lead to famine and nothing is being done to prevent it, but it won't do so for the imperial core for many decades.
Their decision making is still constrained by the meta-game of capital. Conservatives may be "at the wheel", but they can no more make a decision that breaks from the profit lust than their liberal counterparts could. Even if would save their own hold on power, even to keep their own grandchildren from starving in the next Dustbowl.
It's why they're so darn furious. They've gotten everything they purport to want and the results, well, it's proof negative of everything they believe.