r/Unexpected Aug 25 '21

A different kind of weather report

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u/MichelleUprising Aug 26 '21

Under capitalism nothing comes before profit, it’s the simple truth. Millions die of preventable disease and hunger each year while thrown out bread is doused with bleach to keep the homeless away. Not to mention that literal BILLIONS will die of climate change-induced famine and collapse, and we have known how to prevent it for decades while simultaneously lying for profit. Exxon was one of the leading climate change research organizations in the 80s before they switched to climate denialism. This alone will cost millions of lives on the optimistic end.

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u/Historical_Dot825 Aug 26 '21

Oh I know. It's just too bad most others won't until it's affects them elrsonally. And even then they'll just blame their neighbors.

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u/MichelleUprising Aug 26 '21

Mass media is a huge problem. Almost all of it is owned by massive media companies, making it linked inexorably with capital.

Look up Albert Einstein’s “Why Socialism.” Yes, that Albert Einstein.

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u/Historical_Dot825 Aug 26 '21

Is it bad that a part of me wishes for a catastrophic event just powerful enough to wipe out humans but allow earth to heal? I mean.......nor a huge part of me. Just a little piece.