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It depends to what you mean by "rich people." Yes, climate shambled by the global north, or the to 20% richest citizens of the planet.
I agree that big corporations bear a big burden for climate change, like, for example, Exxon which knew about CO~2~ since the 50s, and tried to hide it, and lobby against any regulation.
But saying that, us the 99% westerners don't bare responsability by buying a new iPhone every year, is a lie.
Given that the corporations own the politicians who make the laws that structure our lives and allow planned obsolescence and a lack of transparency in things like phones, still going to put 90% of the blame on the rich here. Your perspective might be correct in a functional democracy, but that’s not where most people (nor even most Westerners) live.