What, greedy, powerful people would do to keep and increase their power in a world that is approaching a period of increasing weather disasters? Would a post-scarcity society benefit those people?

Is it really reasonable to think that everything we see on the news around the world is just the result of few deranged political leaders who follow just short-term agendas.

This happen because Putin is just a megalomaniac who wants to conquer new territories.

This happen because Netanyahu is just an extremist who wants to destroy all Palestinian.

This happen because Trump is just a glorified con man who want power and money.

What about the powers behind those people?

What about the long-term interest?

Are they really just ignoring the future global crisis?

For example: Trump wants to control the US narrative and turn the global warming into a fluke, a scam.

But what are really thinking the powers behind him? Could they just be so naive of their own long termn interests?? Or they actually want the things to change.

I mean, it is quite expensive to keep the power in a democracy. All those "free things" to control: the market, the news, the education, that damn free speech... the human rights.

And let me be clear:

We are ' NOT ' immune to propaganda.

You ' WANT' to think they are just idiots. A bunch of greedy pigs with no plans. It's easy to think that way. It's... comfortable.