Fires, Heatwaves, Floods, Droughts — And Worldwide Leadership Failure

Instead of leading, the authorities and challengers are pointing fingers at each other. They never effectively deal with the ongoing crises. In fact, the climate is collapsing. and unnecessary suffering and violence are rampant largely BECAUSE of our stupid leadership. Governments, corporations, systems are all fatally flawed.

The usual series of diversions and denials are taking place among the idiots that, to our shame, we still listen to. When will we learn to stop paying attention to fools, and take charge?

Some of us are ready now. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

L.A. is burning. First responders and simply good people are helping and others are criticizing. Nearly everyone is making up clueless “lessons” from the disaster.

Mucking Around the Edges Perpetuates and Expands the Polycrisis

When you ruin the climate of the entire planet, disasters like the L.A. fires are inevitable. The specific causes of this particular fire are irrelevant. The dryness, the winds, and other conditions caused by human stupidity on a grand scale are the most significant cause.

Ignore this, and more and worse such disasters are inevitable. And yet, nobody in a position of…