Since we all inhabit this one planet, even the rich can't buy their way out.

But they think their wealth will protect them from the consequences while the world burns around them.

And by the time they find out that it's all a lie, it'll be too late for them, and for the rest of us.

And the money that could have made a difference will all have gone to the Easter Island Fund, for the functional equivalent of building more giant stone heads.

A classic.

Plenty of non rich people also don't wanna do anything because they think it will hurt their standard of living and 'they'll be dead before it gets too bad" or "There's nothing we can do anyway". Everybody is just pointing fingers and refusing to work on a solution because nobody wants to make the sacrifices needed. Whether you're rich or poor, nobody wants to do things like give up their car and take public transit to work, or 'use less air conditioning'.

The worst part is how the issue has become politicized to the point where some people actively work against the solution just to troll those 'tree huggin liberals'.

I can relate. My mom, who started smoking at 18 and only quit six months before her death, succumbed to lung cancer. She was diagnosed about three months before she died. She had only given up cigarettes three months prior to that. We suspect she knew something dire was afoot but she didn't let on.

Your comparison to climate change is germane, I believe.

to understand that.

It's like when planes and restaurants had "no-smoking" sections. The smoke-filled air didn't stop when it got to the no-smoking section, and the effects of climate change won't stop when they get to the "safe" enclaves of the rich people.