Thread by @NateB_Panic

Climate scientists just said the failure to tackle global warming is because democracy is rigged by capitalists. You didn't hear about it🧵

A new study by James Hansen, known as the father of global warming, and other scientists says climate change might be worse than most projections. The media, from CNN to the Guardian to the New York Times, reported this

edition.cnn.com/2023/11/02/cli…

Hansen and colleagues also said something else. They said democracy is rigged. "One person/one vote has been replaced by one dollar/one vote. Special financial interests...are allowed to buy politicians. It is no wonder climate is running out of control." This went unreported

They're right. The fossil fuel industry spends tens of millions of dollars making sure politicians dig for more fossil fuels and build more pipelines. Chemical companies spent $54 million on US senators before a big update on a chemicals law act.represent.us/sign/chemical-…

Big meat and dairy companies have spent $2.5 billion in the last twenty years in the US lobbying for weaker rules on pollution, chemicals and greenhouse gases insideclimatenews.org/news/02042021/…

In the EU, agribusinesses hosted virtual wine tastings and other events to water down new EU climate regulation desmog.com/2021/12/09/net…

His comments about democracy were in the press release. No one used them. The mass media rarely platform those whose prescriptions for ecological disaster involve fundamentally turning away from a growth capitalist consumer economy and making something new

The world’s largest degrowth conference happened earlier this year. Lots of journalists attended but there were no stories. A leading degrowth academic said that journalists told her “my editor refuses to print any story critical of economic growth.”

Climate scientists want us to look at the fundamental failings inherent within corporate-controlled democracies. To hear about that, you’ll have to go beyond the mainstream press. Sources and to read more:

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