CAPITALISTIC UPGRADE

The environment is suffering the consequences of a capitalistic system out of control. Mother nature, like a bedazzled naive prostitute, is giving her resources to the corporation pimp for free. Why is it that the cost of polluting the world is almost invisible on the corporate balance sheet? Why can't we set a higher price on what's every one's property; the air, the woods and the ocean?

Capitalism is built on the pillars of efficiency and free markets, to give the consumers the best possible price, and the shareholders the best bang for their buck. It's a system that works, but at what cost? When there is no limit to what amount of resources that can be ripped out of our ecosystem, it's inevitable that we someday will suck the planet dry.

I don't suggest we start dismantling the machine, but how about a tune up? To create a balance between money and nature, we need to set a price on polluting, and make the corporations pay for devaluing our property; the air we breath and the water we drink. Just like a landowner would be compensated when the government cuts his land in half with a new railroad, the corporation should pay us for railroading our birthright.

Let's say we give all the right to pollute to a trust fond, and the trustees sell rights to pollute to the corporations. The revenue from this trust fond will be given 50/50 to the citizens, by a yearly dividend, and to a fond which main task is promoting a better environment. With this comes the possibility to control pollution, and the ability to redistribute the wealth; striking down on inequality.

If you use a simple demand & supply chart, you see that if we lower the amount of rights sold, the supply goes down and the price goes up. The greener we are, the higher the revenue. Corporations are forced to pursue alternative energy sources and a more greener way to conduct business and produce goods.

Doesn't it piss you of that 1 % owns over 50% of the assets, that 5% owns more than 95% of us? Isn't it time we woke up and upgraded the system so we can get rid off the "stupid poor" and the "stupid rich"? Isn't it time we stop melting icecaps? It is time, and it is possible. Making the corporates pay for their exploitation of the commons is the first step. Don't let them walk all over your birth right.