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Private Jets to Ibiza, Paris Surge as Rich Evade Travel Chaos

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> therefore _extremely_ vulnerable to physical violence. Because this is going to be the only outcome if they keep this up This is an immature reaction. We’re talking about Europe, not sub-Saharan Africa. Those same planes would have the wealthy safely out of harm’s way, likely with a good portion of their capital, while the idiots who threw away their peace are left to squabble over remains.

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> therefore _extremely_ vulnerable to physical violence. Because this is going to be the only outcome if they keep this up This is an immature reaction. We’re talking about Europe, not sub-Saharan Africa. Those same planes would have the wealthy safely out of harm’s way, likely with a good portion of their capital, while the idiots who threw away their peace are left to squabble over remains.

You’re taking this as a threat, rather than a warning. History has shown that Europe is not above revolution or violence, let’s not pretend otherwise.

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> therefore _extremely_ vulnerable to physical violence. Because this is going to be the only outcome if they keep this up This is an immature reaction. We’re talking about Europe, not sub-Saharan Africa. Those same planes would have the wealthy safely out of harm’s way, likely with a good portion of their capital, while the idiots who threw away their peace are left to squabble over remains.

Good. Let them bring their wealth to whatever place will tolerate their climate-destroying behavior. Wealth is not created by a handful of rich children, but by the work of millions. Let's see them use their capital when they can't blow it anymore on luxury handbags.

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Ultimately it's a game theoretic problem though, isn't it? Your own personal impact on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is negligible, even if you are jetting around in your private jet. Therefore it only matters what all the people 'similar to you' are doing in aggregate, and your decision should be based on that: 'What impact would my decision here have, if the people in similar situations all acted the way I'm acting now.'

Since there is presumably billions of people with wifi routers, but only like 25k private jets in the world, it's actually not immediately clear which has a bigger impact: the rich abstaining from flying to Napoli for an afternoon, or them turning off their router while they are gone.

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> therefore _extremely_ vulnerable to physical violence. Because this is going to be the only outcome if they keep this up This is an immature reaction. We’re talking about Europe, not sub-Saharan Africa. Those same planes would have the wealthy safely out of harm’s way, likely with a good portion of their capital, while the idiots who threw away their peace are left to squabble over remains.

> We’re talking about Europe, not sub-Saharan Africa.

Well, it's not like Europe is homogenous in this regard.

France specifically has a history of taking care of such matters.

I'd say the rich getting away with what they're doing is more likely in sub-Saharan Africa.

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> The extremely wealthy would do well to remember that they are human, and therefore _extremely_ vulnerable to physical violence. Because this is going to be the only outcome if they keep this up. I don't think that's likely. The dominant ideology of the world, propped up by education, entertainment and other media is that the rich deserve whatever they have, because they are better people than the poor. Going agains…

Yup, "you're stupid because you're poor, yadda yadda". While an (economical) immigrant to developed EU countries when one starts their life from the scratch from opening bank account and applying for an apartment, it's being deeply engraved into one's consciousness. I bet OP is posting revolutionary comments, then wouldn't bat an eye to crush a coworker into burnout or depression, while the executive board folks are on Balearic, Canaries, or Costa del Sol.
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