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Climate warning: 'We can't go back' serves vested interests, critics say
Original: A WARNING The only people who will ever tell you "We can't go back" are people who don't want anyone to go back (because
A climate-focused commentary is circulating online arguing that anyone who insists 'we can't go back' to pre-industrial or nature-restoring conditions does so because they profit from things staying the way they are. The author frames the phrase as a political warning tied to capitalism and climate change, urging readers to question who benefits when returning to a less destructive way of living is ruled out.
Why now: Frustration with climate inaction and suspicion of economic interests blocking environmental change are resonating widely.
Evidence
- A WARNING The only people who will ever tell you "We can't go back" are people who don't want anyone to go back (because its in their interest that no one does). Food for thought. # politics # capitalism # nature # climatechange · Black_Flag@beige.party · 6
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