Jun 27, 2026, 7:09 AM@hanscees @datarama the "blame" is very human concept. Thinking about natural laws and not human cultural views, the phrase "consumption of human species are causaly responsible for climatwle change".
Now... the blame. First of all, I don't really find oligarchs very useful, so blaming theym would mean appreciating their rile of being primary cause of anything, good or bad.
I just see huge wave, perhaps tsunami-like, of human consmuption, enabled by human knowledge and work. The rich are like surfers of this wave. They do not really cause the wave, the climbed on the top, using tricks outside the rules of economy as percieved by masses, and they enjoy riding the wave. But they are not primary cause of the wave. You can blame them if you like, but it would not change anything.
The wave is here, and the wave is us, all. And lot us are responsible. I did fly around the world a lot, when younger. I just thought "ok, let's plant more trees". But actuallt, it doesn't matter, if you fly economy class or private jet, in a way. Aggregating demand just means even more global consumption as a result.
Anyway, the concept of personal carbon footprint is not accepted by those, who could perhaps make difference. It is shame of course. But grounding private jet fleet would not save us. It would be perhaps important symbol, ok. Like putting out a cigarette, when you watch the building on fire...
The green thinking and left-socialist thinking is not identical. At the same time, while blaming anyone else (oligarchs, immigrants... choose your side!) Is psychologicaly healthier, than blaming yourself... still, blaming captain of Titanic would not be enough to stop it from sinking.
What we need is correct action, not blaming anybody. The reaction "let's burn private jets and then commit suicide" is little bit theatric. I would like to be able to imagine solution. If the private airplanes are converted to electric... would we still blame them?
