Western economists, journalists and analysts systematically underestimate China's technology leadership, especially on the decarbonisation of a legacy 20th Century fossil fuel economy.
And this all goes back to the western civilization being the problem. Its capitalist model rooted in consumerism has become the model for the whole world to emulate. And the US in particular has spent billions on building a cultural hegemony with its media glorifying American style of living. So, is it any surprise that this has become the aspirational lifestyle the rest of the world looks up to.
Had USSR prevailed, we might’ve had an alternative model to follow that’s not based on mindless consumption. But the west was hell bent on defeating USSR precisely because of the threat of an alternative. Soviets wanted to have peaceful coexistence but the west simply could not countenance that.
But there are some hopeful signs coming out of China now, for example replacing ads on billboards with pictures of scientists and descriptions of their accomplishment is a good step. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202609/1369560.shtml
Not really seeing as the USSR also wanted to achieve a western standard of living. Ecological concerns were pushed and are still being pushed aside by every government no matter where, because at the end of the day people don’t want to accept that living on earth means a hit in living standards and possibly that humans can’t just replace their labor with machines. China isn’t any better sorry, they’re still building European style cities. The world is running out of sand for concrete. You can blame western civilization sure but I don’t see any one taking alternative development models seriously anywhere. Fast fashion is an excellent example, which China has plenty of clothes are produced and the ones that aren’t bought are just thrown in a trash dump somewhere sometimes with the lables still on them.
I blame the billionaires and capitalism but it’s a global problem. Nobody took any environmentalists concerns seriously until it was much to late. I’ve met global leaders and I was laughed at when I said we would reach this level of warming this soon. I didn’t even have hard data I could just tell because the way people live in highly alienated technological societies is obviously unsustainable and when you talked about degrowth you were called a crazy person or a Nazi who wants people to live in poverty. Ah well the bourgeoisie had their way and now they’re planning to live in bunkers.
I grew up in USSR, and I can definitively tell you that life wasn’t based around consumption. There is a huge difference between having a decent standard of living, and having a consumerist society. Living on earth sustainably doesn’t mean we all have to revert back to primitivism.
I believe you. Sadly now everything is capitalist though I don’t know if that spirit is still out there I don’t see it. I just saw some fucking social democrat wearing the stupid pervert glasses. Fascism is consuming everything.
And this all goes back to the western civilization being the problem. Its capitalist model rooted in consumerism has become the model for the whole world to emulate. And the US in particular has spent billions on building a cultural hegemony with its media glorifying American style of living. So, is it any surprise that this has become the aspirational lifestyle the rest of the world looks up to.
Had USSR prevailed, we might’ve had an alternative model to follow that’s not based on mindless consumption. But the west was hell bent on defeating USSR precisely because of the threat of an alternative. Soviets wanted to have peaceful coexistence but the west simply could not countenance that.
But there are some hopeful signs coming out of China now, for example replacing ads on billboards with pictures of scientists and descriptions of their accomplishment is a good step. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202609/1369560.shtml
Not really seeing as the USSR also wanted to achieve a western standard of living. Ecological concerns were pushed and are still being pushed aside by every government no matter where, because at the end of the day people don’t want to accept that living on earth means a hit in living standards and possibly that humans can’t just replace their labor with machines. China isn’t any better sorry, they’re still building European style cities. The world is running out of sand for concrete. You can blame western civilization sure but I don’t see any one taking alternative development models seriously anywhere. Fast fashion is an excellent example, which China has plenty of clothes are produced and the ones that aren’t bought are just thrown in a trash dump somewhere sometimes with the lables still on them.
I blame the billionaires and capitalism but it’s a global problem. Nobody took any environmentalists concerns seriously until it was much to late. I’ve met global leaders and I was laughed at when I said we would reach this level of warming this soon. I didn’t even have hard data I could just tell because the way people live in highly alienated technological societies is obviously unsustainable and when you talked about degrowth you were called a crazy person or a Nazi who wants people to live in poverty. Ah well the bourgeoisie had their way and now they’re planning to live in bunkers.
I grew up in USSR, and I can definitively tell you that life wasn’t based around consumption. There is a huge difference between having a decent standard of living, and having a consumerist society. Living on earth sustainably doesn’t mean we all have to revert back to primitivism.
I believe you. Sadly now everything is capitalist though I don’t know if that spirit is still out there I don’t see it. I just saw some fucking social democrat wearing the stupid pervert glasses. Fascism is consuming everything.