Forget the transition, we will rather rely on the torture of adaptation. It is the combined inaction of governments and big business that is plunging us into the depths of unprecedented cynicism. By dint of being told lies over and over again, citizens have stopped believing them. On the side of the companies responsible for the emissions, we continue to assert that we are not ready to undertake the necessary transition and that the emergency must wait, again and again. Governments are abusing doublespeak and coping as best they can with the devastating effects of climate change. The bill promises to be salty while at the federal level, major polluters are subsidized (diesel scandal at Volkswagen) with the backing of billions of public money. At the provincial level, MM. Legault and Fitzgibbon plan a green economy focused on growth and orchestrated according to a highly energy-intensive dynamic.
In most developed societies, the average citizen notes the failure of individual initiatives, the tyranny of small gestures (recycling, composting, energy sobriety, voluntary simplicity, local consumption, etc.) raises entirely legitimate doubts. Faced with uncertainty and insecurity, faced with a dark and threatening future, it is better to enjoy the present moment, to consume, to travel, to waste, to exaggerate, in short, to spoil yourself a little, even on credit ! Tourism is booming (the aberration of the giant ocean liner Icon of the Seas !) as in a race to our own loss. In the blind spot of this new world order, we are witnessing a new form of growth, that of injustice and inequality. Thus, we are going to face the worst crisis in our short history and, to face it, we are resolutely opting for disorder and chaos. […]
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