Our answer is «no,» because humanity would be wise to mitigate climate change as quickly as possible without being constrained
by existing economic systems and institutions, or risk making the world uninhabitable.
He added: «Our party's mission under my leadership is not simply to secure a fairer distribution of wealth from
the existing economic system, it is to fundamentally change the existing economic system.»
If he really wants to replace Scotland's «
existing economic system», at some point he'll have to explain precisely what he intends to put in its place.
Leonard's most striking message was that the party he leads exists not just to «secure a fairer distribution of wealth» from the status quo but «to fundamentally change
the existing economic system» via «the biggest programme of social and economic reform in the history of the Scottish parliament».
People do not respond because they do not dare to challenge
the existing economic system, because they believe that the steps needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions will reduce economic growth.
Instead, we put a consensus layer on top of
our existing economic system.