The author argues that staying within liberal advocacy of reform and regulation of capitalism has not, and will not, prevent future climate-related catastrophes. Our only salvation is to attack the system that is driving us off a cliff and into the abyss of climate destabilization.
...these reforms simply won’t be enough to address the depth and scope of the climate crisis. They seek to curb and negotiate the excesses of Wall Street, rather than get rid of Wall Street all together. The pledges to regulate Wall Street we hear from politicians are like Anheuser-Busch telling people to “drink responsibly” — they run counter to the compulsion to profit at all cost that is grafted into the basic framework of the system.