• wuphysics87@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    These articles are somewhat disingenuous. It isn’t their mansions, their jets, or their yachts. It’s because of the amount they have invested in fossil fuels and other industries. A better question is why do they have enough money to own so much.

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      1 year ago

      What? That’s where it matters most! Those are the biggest polluters.

      If it just talked about their minuscule lifestyles, it would be disingenuous

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      11 months ago

      And as private shareholders they demand those oil companies maximize irresponsible profit at the planet’s expense.

      When you own something, you bear responsibility for it. Not legally sadly, because these criminals make the laws, but in every other sense.

      You don’t get to own oil stock and then credibly claim you aren’t the problem. No one puts a gun to anyone’s head and says take the stake in blood money.

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      1 year ago

      A system that feeds them and is designed to feed them will eventually overfeed. it’s called fattening up and we’ve only been practicing it with animals. Rich people practice it with us except they’re the piggies. In a conclusive argument they want to be fattened up to this point so why not treat them like the piggies they deserve.