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  • Political mindset evolution

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  • Capitalism can't do green. If you were to make an accounting of all of the environmental damage that capitalist industry has done to the ecosystem, the cost to clean it all up would dwarf the revenue. Capitalist economists are incapable of calculating such "negative externalities" because they don't understand basic thermodynamics. I used to work in environmental remediation and am happy to talk more about this if there is interest.

  • Political mindset evolution

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  • The best way to counter this is to point out the laziness at the top. Corporate welfare is way more damaging to society than the few million lazy people at the bottom. It would cost a lot less to write them off than to pay CEOs 2000 times as much as the average worker.

  • Political mindset evolution

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  • And, since we've shifted so far to the right, the "Marxist" texts can be written by John Maynard Keynes.

  • Political mindset evolution

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  • "Massive coal" was twenty years ago. India is "massive coal" now.

    They have an electric car that costs $10,000.

    They are quickly switching from Li batteries to Na, which will not require Ni or Co either.

    They have a mixture of capitalism and central planning, so it's not entirely fair to call them "non-capitalist".

  • Since America is bringing back kings what other kind of stuff is on your medieval wishlist?

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  • Yeah Christianity kinda got rid of that. Sorry.

  • Be rule do warcrimes

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  • Cool. Enjoy your dystopia.

  • Be rule do warcrimes

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  • Corporations want to be perceived as people, and they are protected by law as such. A person who knowingly manufactures weapons that are being used to commit a genocide is a psychopath. Psychopaths typically feign empathy to appear normal and blend in with society. Lockheed Martin supporting Pride is an example of such behavior.

    Of course corporations are profit maximization engines, not people. By allowing them to act like people, we are normalizing psychopathy.

  • Start ups when that VC funding kicks in

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  • How about you only have to work 28.8 hours a week?

  • rulegrats

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  • You had to be there.

  • Skill

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  • This is a bridge too far for most people, but you could have an equal society just by setting a limit to salary differential. If the highest salary was capped at 5 times the lowest, that would be fine. The largest socialist organizations in the world (militaries) have this kind of system.

  • [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?

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  • Yeah see here you go. Response to "meat is bad" is "meat is fucking awesome."

    Evidence for meat is bad: I mean just drive by a factory farm. Look at any of the standard practices of the industry. Objectively horrific by any standard.

    Evidence for meat is awesome: bro check out this sick bacon weave. Guy Fieri. Etc. all of it divorced completely from the process, and acknowledging meat only as an industrial product that comes packaged as a block or cylinder.

    It's an absurd argument. Nobody is arguing that meat isn't delicious. We're saying that everything about its production is awful.

  • [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?

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  • I love how people try to make this some kind of cultural issue about picking restaurants or providing options. Anybody who spends 5 minutes looking into the industry will realize it goes against basic human decency.

  • Europe will lose all credibility if Russia wins in Ukraine, warns French president Macron

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  • Can somebody explain how not admitting Ukraine to NATO and ceding Crimea and the Donbas means "the end of Europe"? The alternative seems to be endless bloodshed and the complete destruction of the country.

  • Is this it? Is there anything more to life, am I missing something?

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  • Well, capitalism has been hinted at here, but as far as I can see, nobody has suggested that we try to change society so that it's less oppressive. I realized a while ago that profit doesn't motivate me, and it sounds like you might have as well. I suggest (in addition to following the excellent medical advice) that you seek out your local socialist organization. Life doesn't have to be this depressing.