“he has to” does he though? He has enough money for him and his entire lineage to live lavishly for eternity. He can dip out today and stop working forever, relax on a beach, and disconnect from the world like Tom from MySpace did.

He’s not being forced to do anything.

Most people (I hope, I don’t tune in too much) deny that the climate is changing. They just deny that human activity is causing it.

So they see all the wildfires and hurricanes and heatwaves and biodiversity collapse and coral bleaching and give a big shrug and “eh, whaddyagunnadoaboutit”