If it makes you feel better, we're ahead of schedule on population decline, especially due to covid baby bust. It's quite plausible humanity will find balance with nature with a much smaller population in the long term.
It wont be long till a long read will be published that will summarise all the empty flights that have taken place just to maintain the rights. I’ve never heard of Brussel airlines at all so I’m sure this is just a part of the tip of the iceberg. I truly hope the airline industry stops being the sweetheart of politics and finally gets the pummelling that they’ve long deserved. The race to the bottom has been long done and to think it’s ok to fly to Spain from Amsterdam for 30 euros is just a slap in the face for anyone that has a semblance of interest in the climate.
We went from a western world where one salary could support a partner and 3 children, to a world where to two full-time salaries are barely enough for one child.
And where one salary is being soaked up on child-care fees much of the time...
>We went from a western world where one salary could support a partner and 3 children, to a world where to two full-time salaries are barely enough for one child.
This is an exceptional time in history that required most of the world to be in a broken state (WW2/post-colonialism) while the people you describe benefited from this arrangement. Now that this arrangement is going away, reality is setting in.
Moving to a small community and living off the land is still possible. A simpler life, with a magnitude scale reduction in the number of possession. Burn wood for heat and eat potatoes and sauerkraut in winter. All those small communities in remote places would love to have you.
culi|4 years ago
This winter Brussels Airlines made 3,000 unnecessary flights just to maintain their airport spots.
We certainly have a lot of efficiency gains to make first with regards to our consumption before looking at the sheer number of people we have to feed
hetspookjee|4 years ago
firecall|4 years ago
We went from a western world where one salary could support a partner and 3 children, to a world where to two full-time salaries are barely enough for one child.
And where one salary is being soaked up on child-care fees much of the time...
nebula8804|4 years ago
This is an exceptional time in history that required most of the world to be in a broken state (WW2/post-colonialism) while the people you describe benefited from this arrangement. Now that this arrangement is going away, reality is setting in.
dukeofdoom|4 years ago
ClumsyPilot|4 years ago
Maybe the threat of a viable alternatibe was keeping things in check?