In Puerto Rico, we may be seeing a prequel of what a post-climate change dystopian world may look like, and it’s truly terrifying.
I hope I’m wrong.
Not a pretty picture.
If anybody out there is listening to us, we are dying, and you are killing us with the inefficiency and the bureaucracy.” To which President Trump tweeted back insults to the besieged mayor.
Even if a dystopian scenario doesn’t fully emerge, it will be months before power, water and transportation are restored to much of the island.
And Puerto Rico faces the threat of bankruptcy from Wall Street banks on top of it.
If so, is the physical and social devastation of Puerto Rico a precursor to what more and more of the world will be experiencing.
In the short run, President Trump must check his narcissistic ego, realize that Puerto Rico’s crisis is not about him, and mobilize every part of the U.S. government to save Puerto Rico from dystopia.
At the same time, the Federal government must relieve Puerto Rico of its Wall Street debt so it’s not denied the financial resources to rebuild.
Otherwise, more and more parts of America and the world could soon look like the emerging dystopia of post-hurricane Puerto Rico.