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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yet another arena where America is simply surrendering to China, although we're also plugging our ears and going "LA LA LA LA LA" by not allowing their cars into our country to compete with ours.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Conspiracy theory: the US is intentionally trying to accelerate global warming because it knows it cannot win the economic war anymore and would rather destroy the earth than let someone else win

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why do you need a conspiracy? Capitalists will always choose short term profits, even at the expense of the Earth itself. It's that simple.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You jest, but this was something that snapped in me yesterday.

“If porky thinks extinction is ‘worth it’ for instant gratification, why the fuck would he care about long term profits if he thinks short term profits is worth dying for?”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

They're spiteful enough for me to believe this isn't a conspiracy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Mutually assured destruction brought to the logical conclusion.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Dude has Burns right in the name. Nominative determinism strikes again.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Between the giant methane plumes satellites keep picking up over the US and all the billionaires who act like they'll be happy living out the rest of their natural lives in sunless bunkers, that does seem to be the shape of things.