for the epstein class to esptein of course
You've gotta ask yourself, "What's the point?"
Submitted 2 weeks ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to workreform@lemmy.world
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kingkong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I think humanity’s motto should be “what you gonna do about it?”
kingkong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
get epsteined
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I see this argument about AI. “The CEOs surely wouldn’t do it if it was dangerous. What would be the point?” To buy a bunker in New Zealand to ride it out?
Doom@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Line go up. Duh.
carrylex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sounds like communism
PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nice to see there are at least 12 hyoer wealthy lemmings here. Good for you. Happy for you. You’ll be the last, but the water will be at your doorstep before too long
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
People who say this are full of shit.
People blaming capitalism are just distracting from the real issue, which is having not having a genuine culture of sustainability. India, for example, is a capitalist country but it has growing forests and wildlife unlike most of the world. Their conversation efforts are second to none. On the flip side, you have a country like Brazil, which is destroying its vast forests and wildlife for short terms profits driven by pure greed. The difference between the two? A culture of sustainability.
Changing capitalism is not going to change this. For example, we’ve already seen how Marxist economic systems functioned and they’re an even bigger ecological disaster. The Soviet Union literally wiped out the Aral sea for cotton farming. If capitalism was the root issue then the Soviet Union would’ve been a marvel for sustainability, but they weren’t. That’s because Russian culture prioritizes short term gains and endless growth over sustainability like say for example, Finnish culture.
It sounds less sexy but that’s the real problem. If the general population doesn’t believe in sustainability then nothing can ever change. Things like pollution, deforestation, global warming, desertification, water scarcity, overfishing, and so on will continue to get ignored and sidelined in favor convenient short term wins like slightly cheaper gas, political quotas, and growth charts.
August27th@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
prioritizes short term gains and endless growth over sustainability
Who does that sound like? Do you even hear yourself?
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
These are not exclusive to capitalism is the whole point that I made. The Soviet Union and China (under Mao at least) both were Marxist and heavily wrecked the environment for the same things, short term gains and endless growth. They both set out to meet short term political quotas and goals by any means even if it meant ravaging the environment. They had no intention of slowing down because they need to constantly chase growth in order to chase unrealistic ideological goals.
SectoidLexi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
The fuck are you on about? India has massive issues with pollution from industrial manufacturing that has led to incredibly high rates of illness and death in its major cities. Capitalist countries will have environmentalist projects as a means to greenwash its image. That’s all.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
India has massive issues with pollution from industrial manufacturing
It’s still a developing country, but they exceed in areas where others fail. Their wildlife conservation efforts really are praiseworthy. The point isn’t that India is the gold standard of environmentalism but that they excel in certain aspects of it where other countries fail despite sharing the same economic system. This discrepancy can’t be explained by economic system alone, there are clearly other factors in play like politics, culture, geography, and so on.
Capitalist countries will have environmentalist projects as a means to greenwash its image. That’s all.
How is it greenwashing when these projects address real issues and produce real results? That sounds like an incredibly fragile cope to help justify the extremely lazy notion that capitalism is inherently bad and is at fault for everything wrong with the world.
Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Disentanglement, obviously.
God you people are retarded.
Malica@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
A lot of money going into avoiding asking that question
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
What basic needs are you struggling to meet? I have a lot of complaints about the current system, but my basic needs are not one of them.
MonkRome@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“I’m fine, so everyone else must be”. Most privileged take in human history.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Well I suppose it depends where they live. But I hear similar from people here in the UK too.
If I just wanted basic needs and nothing more I wouldn’t even bother working, just live off benefits. The reason I have a job is because I want a bit more than just basic survival. Only surviving is pretty bleak.
For many, work doesn’t pay as much as they deserve. It pays enough to survive but they deserve more than survival.
SectoidLexi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I know right? I have this apartment I pay for with the money I have but my neighbor sleeping in a tent says she doesn’t have money for a place to live??? Doesn’t make any sense, she should stop complaining /sarcasm in case that wasn’t obvious
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It can fund military and sabotage in a way that destroys other economic system attempts.
Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
To cheat a bunch of people out of their money, what other reason do these wastrals need?
SoloCritical@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well the current economic system allows me to play WoW Forever…. Soooooooo.