Too Greedy To Change Course?

George Monbiot suggests an 'all-seeing eye' (a god?), looking at the Earth, might be intrigued to spot 'A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course'. That 'greed' is not, however, apparently equally shared by the 8 billion humans on the planet. The vast majority of folk express concern about the effects of global heating. They think there's a real danger of an existential climate crisis. The 'rich' and powerful, however, seem ever keen to get 'richer' and even more powerful. The rich produce massively more 'greenhouse gas' emissions, than their poorer brethern. They also use a fraction of their wealth, to reduce any chance of potential restrictions on their climate wrecking behaviour (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/15/dying-earth-cop29-azerbaijan-species). Jonathan Watts notes the rich are now developing a 'doomsday bunker mentality'. These folk are building 'bolt-holes' on remote islands. The bunkers have stores and protections against invasion by the masses. Watts regards this as an attempt to ensure 'survival of the richest' (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/14/survival-of-the-richest-trump-climate-and-the-logic-of-the-doomsday-bunker). It's clear that the rich know what forces they are unleashing and its likely outcome. Humans are frequently said to be a social species. Real social concern, however, often seems to only extend to that individual and his/her/their immediate families. Current paper 'money' is actually a somewhat arbitrary human invention. Will 'having' it, always make people greedy for more? Have humans bizarely invented a system that will ultimately destroy them?