Okay, so we know now for quite a while that rich people emit a mind-boggling amount of CO2eq per person compared to the low income ranges.

These (rich) people are very, very free. They can choose to do or not to do things.

So now the question is: So, how come - in their freedom - they behave irresponsibly, nay, 10...1000+ times more irresponsibly than those with low income?

I think the reason is that in #neoliberalism individual responsibility (#FDP's god #Eigenverantwortung) does never contain self-restraint.

If there is no self-restraint, however, the restraint has to come from somewhere else. And this is essentially the conflict line here: We need to curb affluence because affluent people do not restrain themselves.

Does this solve climate change? Of course not. It's just one of the many puzzle pieces. Does it reduce inequality? Hell yeah!

Sounds a lot like it should be a socialist/social democratic core idea. #spd #pse