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Capitalism is an ideology of infinite growth. Capital is only invested for growth, that's the whole point...so corporations have to consume more, produce more, sell more, or capitalists will take away their capital investments. Think of it this way, you're a capitalist (by which, I don't mean someone who believes in the idea of capitalism...I mean someone who makes the bulk of their wealth with capital investments instead of labor) with millions invested in an oil company -- that oil company realizes that we need to phase out the use of fossil fuels for the sake of the planet -- so they announce a plan to limit production (and therefore profits).

Your capital is how you make your money, so if they announce a very finite upside (with a real possibility that in a decade or two, their whole business will dry up), you will quickly take your millions and move them somewhere else. And you won't be alone -- think of the bank run that Silicon Valley Bank had once everyone suspected the bank would have solvency problems. And before you know it, that whole company has lost trillions and fails almost immediately.

Now repeat this while coal, commercial beef farms, and down the line of the worst industries for the climate.

The corporations that are the main source of climate change causing emissions also know that if any one of them chooses to do the right thing for the planet, other, less ethical corporations will see blood in the water, and take over their portion of the market; and nothing will change for the environment, all that CEO will have done is put thousands of their own workers out of business.

Socialism, by contrast, is not an ideology of infinite growth. At it's core, it's an ideology of collectivism -- we all need to take care of everyone else -- this includes making sure everyone has a habitable planet to live on. The government can make sure all companies play by the rules, for the benefit of all humankind, not just do as they do now...ask nicely for the corporations to be nice, and then shrug their shoulders when nothing changes.

2y ago

Update: The hottest 21 days ever recorded were the last 3 weeks

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"ever recorded" - there was nobody around to record the formation of the earth.

2y ago

Update: The hottest 21 days ever recorded were the last 3 weeks

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Seriously! I give it pretty good odds this runs for a full month, then we'll probably get some relief with days that are only near record-breaking 🥵

2y ago

Grease (2023)

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Any lyrics would be better than "tell me more...did she put up a fight?"

2y ago

[Rant] I hate the modern internet

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It is an absolute nightmare, but you can gain some privacy back with ublock origin, an adblocking DNS on your phone, Firefox, a VPN, and ditching all things google/meta. As I type this out, I am reminded how much effort it takes to claw back your privacy...yeah OP, I'm with you, the modern internet is a profit-at-all-cost cesspool that can eat a moldy potato!

2y ago

Yeehaw

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For anyone who wants to hear the best country hip hop song of 1998: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gcbe-dznTZk 🤠

2y ago

I thought about doing it

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I feel personally attacked

2y ago

House approves pro-Israel resolution after outcry over Jayapal comments

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They could be spending their time getting us healthcare or increasing the minimum wage, instead, they took time to pass a symbolic measure 412-9 saying the racist, apartheid government of Israel is neither racist nor an apartheid state. SMDH.