The coming revolt against woke capitalism – spiked
The clear hypocrisy of the greens does not go unnoticed by the masses. Those same elites who demand climate austerity for the many are widely known to enjoy the use of private jets, build $500 million yachts and own numerous, often enormous mansions. The fact that the most recent climate confab, COP28, had a session on responsible yachting tells people all they need to know about the hypocrisy of the super-rich.
The damage being done by the oligarchs green agenda is now fuelling a rebellion from the beleaguered European, British and American middle and working classes. Many are becoming increasingly sceptical of elite environmentalism, just as they have been consistently hostile to woke ideas on law enforcement, transgender issues and racial quotas.
Public hostility towards what Adrian Wooldridge has labelled the progressive aristocracy is now all too clear. In the US, there are declining levels of confidence in large corporations, tech oligarchs, big banks as well as the media. Similar patterns can be seen in the EU and the UK. This disquiet has led to such things as the 2016 election of Trump, the Brexit vote and the rise of populist parties and farmers protests across Europe.
“Let them eat bugs” has a much more sinister ring to it than Marie Antoinette’s supposedly misunderstood jibe.