This is less about malicious people and more about tragedy of the commons. Most people don’t want to see the environment destroyed, but are acting under their own incentives. If I cut down a tree it seems to makes a negligible different to the forest and my family gets to be warm that night. But if a million of us do it the forest is gone.
Multiply that by several generations and increasing power due to technology and we’re here now, still under the same incentives
That used to be “their” internal narrative it will all happen after I’m dead so what do I care?
It’s happening now and getting worse quickly.
This is less about malicious people and more about tragedy of the commons. Most people don’t want to see the environment destroyed, but are acting under their own incentives. If I cut down a tree it seems to makes a negligible different to the forest and my family gets to be warm that night. But if a million of us do it the forest is gone.
Multiply that by several generations and increasing power due to technology and we’re here now, still under the same incentives