This. If the mega-rich were really that concerned and philanthropic, they would spend and or donate billions towards replenishing the biosphere, including working with governments of developing nations with large populations to promote sustainable use of their environments. But as we now plainly and horrifically see, their interests are firmly rooted elsewhere. It merely goes to prove the adage that the most successful in business are the most psychopathic, and indeed it is rare to find a multi-billionaire that hasn't got that way by being narcissistic in the extreme and megalomaniacal in the first place.
Their egos, greed, and selfishness.
This. If the mega-rich were really that concerned and philanthropic, they would spend and or donate billions towards replenishing the biosphere, including working with governments of developing nations with large populations to promote sustainable use of their environments. But as we now plainly and horrifically see, their interests are firmly rooted elsewhere. It merely goes to prove the adage that the most successful in business are the most psychopathic, and indeed it is rare to find a multi-billionaire that hasn't got that way by being narcissistic in the extreme and megalomaniacal in the first place.
Their disdain, supremacy, and ideology