The Federal Reserve has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, a global coalition of central banks engaged in the study of climate risk that was launched in 2017.
I think humans will survive in some fashion, but I think it’s guaranteed that the super-rich with their New Zealand and Hawaii compounds will still be on top. Imagine Trump as Immortan Joe in Mad Max.
Once the rule of law collapses there is less than nothing remaining to protect their necks. If we do in fact end up in some Mad Max hellscape I can almost guarantee you that the likes of Trump and Musk wouldn’t survive to see it. Not only because angry citizens freshly unbound from the rule of law will know who is responsible for their situation, but also simply because if you drop an oligarch they drop a lot of loot. Without the police and prison system to back them up, that makes them an easy mark.
I think humans will survive in some fashion, but I think it’s guaranteed that the super-rich with their New Zealand and Hawaii compounds will still be on top. Imagine Trump as Immortan Joe in Mad Max.
Once the rule of law collapses there is less than nothing remaining to protect their necks. If we do in fact end up in some Mad Max hellscape I can almost guarantee you that the likes of Trump and Musk wouldn’t survive to see it. Not only because angry citizens freshly unbound from the rule of law will know who is responsible for their situation, but also simply because if you drop an oligarch they drop a lot of loot. Without the police and prison system to back them up, that makes them an easy mark.