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And people are 100% willing to put that childish need to defend their own ego over everything else, even their own lives and the people they claim to love.
They are willing to let themselves and other people suffer just so they can feel they are right about something.
That's what you're telling me. Right?
No hate, no vitriol, serious question.
Some don't think anyone's going to suffer (or suffer more from one choice vs the other). They believe the people that say things like the ipcc are not just wrong but lying. And they often lack the tools to verify for themselves. This is worrying because they really have good reasons to think the things they do. Giving them more information doesn't help because they have an internally good reason to think you're lying (or being lied to, at least).
The people up top, who are saying the wrong things in the first place, who do have the tools to investigate their truth and are continuing to repeat them... I can't understand their motivations as other than monumentally selfish.
The people on the top have a variety of internal justifications for what they're doing. Some say that the world is "dog eat dog" and that they are the only ones looking out for themselves. Others say that what they're doing is for some grander good that will come once they acquire enough wealth and power. Some are deluded enough they have convinced themselves they are telling the truth. That and many more justifications fly through the heads of the ultra-wealthy and powerful as they continue spreading misinformation and enriching themselves.