Pap and Seder: The "Rich Idiot" Effect

[GoLeft TV]

Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss an article by Chris Mooney that details how as Republicans' wealth increases, their level of climate denial increases as well.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

1. And always, the question comes back

Don't any of these climate change deniers have children and grandchildren? Honestly, if I were very young and starting over again, I believe I'd opt out of having kids. What a world we're handing off to them.

K&R

[tclambert]

2. It's not just idiocy or denial, those with a financial vested interest actively lie

to protect their corporations and bonuses and stock options. For some, they know, they absolutely know they will be held accountable some day. They just want to delay that day of reckoning, kick the can down the road, so a future CEO has to shoulder the burden. The fact that they risk the existence of human civilization and perhaps of the species does not matter against protecting today's profit margins.

How much is human civilization worth? How much is it worth to prevent the extinction of the human race? There are people willing to risk those things for a few billion in profit in the short term.

[WinkyDink]

3. Perfectly said. Money trumps not only peace (tm Dubya); it trumps life itself.