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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Surprise! Billionaires aren’t solving climate change

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Surprise! Billionaires aren’t solving climate change

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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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A new report shows "disappointing" philanthropic giving to climate causes in 2022
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    Sounds like we need to give them more tax cuts!

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      • kautau@lemmy.world
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        Now you’re getting somewhere. We should make sure they don’t have to pay their employees a living wage, that will help

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      No joke but I know libertarians that are like this.

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    What if I told you they were responsible for it

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      And were actively working against it in the name of immediate profit? Get the fuck outta here

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      were are

      FTFY

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    Wow what a shock. Billionaires don’t care about anyone but themselves. That’s how you become a billionaire; you exploit and murder people, and the world.

    There’s no billionaire that doesn’t have blood on their hands.

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      I can’t imagine Oprah killing someone and yet I also can’t imagine she hasn’t.

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        She might not have personally murdered anyone (yet), but she DID introduce the world to a shitload of junk science as well as promoted a faith healer who raped probably hundreds of women and girls.

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          Glad to see in not the only one talking about Oprah promoting John ‘of god’

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          Yeah, that one’s DEFINITELY killed some people.

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    It’s going to be hilarious when they either re enter Earth’s orbit because they thought they could hide from everything in an orbiting space station … or they just die alone in their underground bunker.

    They may well be the last to survive but the destruction and chaos they cause will lead to a complete extinction of our species.

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      I can’t remember the context of this factoid but I read somewhere that the ultra rich have been investing in yachts specifically for climate change. But because none of these assholes know how to actually use a boat, a bunch of bespoke industries have come out where yachts are loaded onto like a mega boat where they are ferried around the world.

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        a boat within a boat? we have to go deeper!

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    Years ago I learned that tribes people often create large herds (a sign of wealth) that then lead to desertification, famine and poverty. Seems like we do the same thing, but at a higher level.

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    Even bigger surprise - they don’t give a damn about doing the right thing unless it’s good PR and profit. Who’d thunk it?

    Wanna shocker? Billionaires aren’t solving even a quarter of the world’s problems.

    I bet you won’t believe this! Billionaires like to hoard.

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    Sarcastically Surprised Kirk

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    we should give them more money

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    You don’t need quick trains… I got a hyoerloop for you peasants!

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