General Discussion

Analogy: the master conman uses different promises and types of appeals for each type of "fish" he wants to hook. Each fish is so focused on thinking the "bait" is really exactly what they want, they ignore all the other types of bait the conman is putting out for the other fish.

Sound familiar? (why did TSF's rants make no sense to us, and his promises keep shifting? - different baits for different fish)

Billionaires may have more leverage but if they don't see the damage coming before it's too late, then they can't stop it either.

I see no reason to think that billionaires have so much more foresight than the rest of us. Sure they are better at getting rich (maybe just due to having fewer moral constraints), but the fact that these billionaires backed TSF when some of his promises are completely nuts economically (and amid afore mentioned conflicting promises), makes me think they focused on their bait a bit too much.

And given that the bait for many of these guys was fewer environmental regulations - if they get their way at all, future generations really are truly f*cked. It was bad enough at the glacial pace that those who see and care about the problem could get anything done. If those paltry regulations get tossed, who knows what will be in our food and water.