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"The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.”
- President Dwight Eisenhower, the "Chance for Peace" speech, April 16, 1953
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"The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.”
- President Dwight Eisenhower, the "Chance for Peace" speech, April 16, 1953
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"The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.”
- President Dwight Eisenhower, the "Chance for Peace" speech, April 16, 1953
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"The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.”
- President Dwight Eisenhower, the "Chance for Peace" speech, April 16, 1953
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There's a meme on FB that asks why no billionaire has funded the halting or reversal of climate change, just so people would revere them for literally saving humanity. This was my response:
Partly it involves a process change to everything we do, so it doesn't happen on a specific day and so there is no glory, like saving us from an asteroid that's about to destroy Earth. There is no definitive problem that on a certain day you can say "see, it's done".
Partly because the solutions involve changing how everything on the planet operates in a way that many people will regard as adverse, because even though we talk about caring about our kids, people are really a lot in it for themselves and if it comes down to them having a good time or leaving a livable world for their kids, they're going to have a good time and pretend to hope their kids will survive it.
Partly it's that there's good money in pretending it's not a big deal, and these are people who like to use money as their signal of goodness. To the extent they pretend they care about humanity, in many cases they're just trying to make a profit on the fact that others do.
Partly it's that the solution is actually something that even billionaires don't have enough to just buy outright overnight.
Partly it's that it cuts into their lifestyles, in many cases, because the are some of the most planet-intensive people in existence. One of the things we need to do in order to survive as a species is stop being consumption-oriented and they are the poster-children for consumption.
Partly it's that they do not perceive that the threat is to all of humanity, only to some of it, and they think the people who escape it will be the clever ones, who they imagine are the ones with money. They think that by becoming rich, they have avoided it, and that they are humanity's best chance.
Partly it's that they have a bunker in their basement that is prepper-stocked with what they imagine is everything they need and they just don't care about others.
Partly it's that although we revere them as super-smart for getting to where they are, we over-attribute intelligence and under-attribute sociopathy. So, yes, they don't care that much about others, but also they aren't in a lot of cases the smartest among us.
Partly it's that everything else they do they already model as saving humanity in one way or another, so the "high" of having these alleged bragging rights would not last long.
Partly it's that their notion of what "investing" in has nothing to do with outcomes you want to see in the world, and everything to do with what brings monetary return, which steers them in the wrong direction.
Partly they think there are too many people and it's good that most of them will die, so they are doing humanity a favor by culling its numbers. (I'm not going to get into the racial breakdown of the order in which people die, but there's probably a lot to be said there, too.)
Partly they may just do the calculation that there are cheaper ways to get adulation.
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #collapse #extinction #billionaires #LateStageCapitalism #sociopathy #Consumption #AntiConsumption #sustainability #ClimateCulling
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There's a meme on FB that asks why no billionaire has funded the halting or reversal of climate change, just so people would revere them for literally saving humanity. This was my response:
Partly it involves a process change to everything we do, so it doesn't happen on a specific day and so there is no glory, like saving us from an asteroid that's about to destroy Earth. There is no definitive problem that on a certain day you can say "see, it's done".
Partly because the solutions involve changing how everything on the planet operates in a way that many people will regard as adverse, because even though we talk about caring about our kids, people are really a lot in it for themselves and if it comes down to them having a good time or leaving a livable world for their kids, they're going to have a good time and pretend to hope their kids will survive it.
Partly it's that there's good money in pretending it's not a big deal, and these are people who like to use money as their signal of goodness. To the extent they pretend they care about humanity, in many cases they're just trying to make a profit on the fact that others do.
Partly it's that the solution is actually something that even billionaires don't have enough to just buy outright overnight.
Partly it's that it cuts into their lifestyles, in many cases, because the are some of the most planet-intensive people in existence. One of the things we need to do in order to survive as a species is stop being consumption-oriented and they are the poster-children for consumption.
Partly it's that they do not perceive that the threat is to all of humanity, only to some of it, and they think the people who escape it will be the clever ones, who they imagine are the ones with money. They think that by becoming rich, they have avoided it, and that they are humanity's best chance.
Partly it's that they have a bunker in their basement that is prepper-stocked with what they imagine is everything they need and they just don't care about others.
Partly it's that although we revere them as super-smart for getting to where they are, we over-attribute intelligence and under-attribute sociopathy. So, yes, they don't care that much about others, but also they aren't in a lot of cases the smartest among us.
Partly it's that everything else they do they already model as saving humanity in one way or another, so the "high" of having these alleged bragging rights would not last long.
Partly it's that their notion of what "investing" in has nothing to do with outcomes you want to see in the world, and everything to do with what brings monetary return, which steers them in the wrong direction.
Partly they think there are too many people and it's good that most of them will die, so they are doing humanity a favor by culling its numbers. (I'm not going to get into the racial breakdown of the order in which people die, but there's probably a lot to be said there, too.)
Partly they may just do the calculation that there are cheaper ways to get adulation.
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #collapse #extinction #billionaires #LateStageCapitalism #sociopathy #Consumption #AntiConsumption #sustainability #ClimateCulling
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There's a meme on FB that asks why no billionaire has funded the halting or reversal of climate change, just so people would revere them for literally saving humanity. This was my response:
Partly it involves a process change to everything we do, so it doesn't happen on a specific day and so there is no glory, like saving us from an asteroid that's about to destroy Earth. There is no definitive problem that on a certain day you can say "see, it's done".
Partly because the solutions involve changing how everything on the planet operates in a way that many people will regard as adverse, because even though we talk about caring about our kids, people are really a lot in it for themselves and if it comes down to them having a good time or leaving a livable world for their kids, they're going to have a good time and pretend to hope their kids will survive it.
Partly it's that there's good money in pretending it's not a big deal, and these are people who like to use money as their signal of goodness. To the extent they pretend they care about humanity, in many cases they're just trying to make a profit on the fact that others do.
Partly it's that the solution is actually something that even billionaires don't have enough to just buy outright overnight.
Partly it's that it cuts into their lifestyles, in many cases, because the are some of the most planet-intensive people in existence. One of the things we need to do in order to survive as a species is stop being consumption-oriented and they are the poster-children for consumption.
Partly it's that they do not perceive that the threat is to all of humanity, only to some of it, and they think the people who escape it will be the clever ones, who they imagine are the ones with money. They think that by becoming rich, they have avoided it, and that they are humanity's best chance.
Partly it's that they have a bunker in their basement that is prepper-stocked with what they imagine is everything they need and they just don't care about others.
Partly it's that although we revere them as super-smart for getting to where they are, we over-attribute intelligence and under-attribute sociopathy. So, yes, they don't care that much about others, but also they aren't in a lot of cases the smartest among us.
Partly it's that everything else they do they already model as saving humanity in one way or another, so the "high" of having these alleged bragging rights would not last long.
Partly it's that their notion of what "investing" in has nothing to do with outcomes you want to see in the world, and everything to do with what brings monetary return, which steers them in the wrong direction.
Partly they think there are too many people and it's good that most of them will die, so they are doing humanity a favor by culling its numbers. (I'm not going to get into the racial breakdown of the order in which people die, but there's probably a lot to be said there, too.)
Partly they may just do the calculation that there are cheaper ways to get adulation.
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #collapse #extinction #billionaires #LateStageCapitalism #sociopathy #Consumption #AntiConsumption #sustainability #ClimateCulling
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There's a meme on FB that asks why no billionaire has funded the halting or reversal of climate change, just so people would revere them for literally saving humanity. This was my response:
Partly it involves a process change to everything we do, so it doesn't happen on a specific day and so there is no glory, like saving us from an asteroid that's about to destroy Earth. There is no definitive problem that on a certain day you can say "see, it's done".
Partly because the solutions involve changing how everything on the planet operates in a way that many people will regard as adverse, because even though we talk about caring about our kids, people are really a lot in it for themselves and if it comes down to them having a good time or leaving a livable world for their kids, they're going to have a good time and pretend to hope their kids will survive it.
Partly it's that there's good money in pretending it's not a big deal, and these are people who like to use money as their signal of goodness. To the extent they pretend they care about humanity, in many cases they're just trying to make a profit on the fact that others do.
Partly it's that the solution is actually something that even billionaires don't have enough to just buy outright overnight.
Partly it's that it cuts into their lifestyles, in many cases, because the are some of the most planet-intensive people in existence. One of the things we need to do in order to survive as a species is stop being consumption-oriented and they are the poster-children for consumption.
Partly it's that they do not perceive that the threat is to all of humanity, only to some of it, and they think the people who escape it will be the clever ones, who they imagine are the ones with money. They think that by becoming rich, they have avoided it, and that they are humanity's best chance.
Partly it's that they have a bunker in their basement that is prepper-stocked with what they imagine is everything they need and they just don't care about others.
Partly it's that although we revere them as super-smart for getting to where they are, we over-attribute intelligence and under-attribute sociopathy. So, yes, they don't care that much about others, but also they aren't in a lot of cases the smartest among us.
Partly it's that everything else they do they already model as saving humanity in one way or another, so the "high" of having these alleged bragging rights would not last long.
Partly it's that their notion of what "investing" in has nothing to do with outcomes you want to see in the world, and everything to do with what brings monetary return, which steers them in the wrong direction.
Partly they think there are too many people and it's good that most of them will die, so they are doing humanity a favor by culling its numbers. (I'm not going to get into the racial breakdown of the order in which people die, but there's probably a lot to be said there, too.)
Partly they may just do the calculation that there are cheaper ways to get adulation.
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #collapse #extinction #billionaires #LateStageCapitalism #sociopathy #Consumption #AntiConsumption #sustainability #ClimateCulling
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There's a meme on FB that asks why no billionaire has funded the halting or reversal of climate change, just so people would revere them for literally saving humanity. This was my response:
Partly it involves a process change to everything we do, so it doesn't happen on a specific day and so there is no glory, like saving us from an asteroid that's about to destroy Earth. There is no definitive problem that on a certain day you can say "see, it's done".
Partly because the solutions involve changing how everything on the planet operates in a way that many people will regard as adverse, because even though we talk about caring about our kids, people are really a lot in it for themselves and if it comes down to them having a good time or leaving a livable world for their kids, they're going to have a good time and pretend to hope their kids will survive it.
Partly it's that there's good money in pretending it's not a big deal, and these are people who like to use money as their signal of goodness. To the extent they pretend they care about humanity, in many cases they're just trying to make a profit on the fact that others do.
Partly it's that the solution is actually something that even billionaires don't have enough to just buy outright overnight.
Partly it's that it cuts into their lifestyles, in many cases, because the are some of the most planet-intensive people in existence. One of the things we need to do in order to survive as a species is stop being consumption-oriented and they are the poster-children for consumption.
Partly it's that they do not perceive that the threat is to all of humanity, only to some of it, and they think the people who escape it will be the clever ones, who they imagine are the ones with money. They think that by becoming rich, they have avoided it, and that they are humanity's best chance.
Partly it's that they have a bunker in their basement that is prepper-stocked with what they imagine is everything they need and they just don't care about others.
Partly it's that although we revere them as super-smart for getting to where they are, we over-attribute intelligence and under-attribute sociopathy. So, yes, they don't care that much about others, but also they aren't in a lot of cases the smartest among us.
Partly it's that everything else they do they already model as saving humanity in one way or another, so the "high" of having these alleged bragging rights would not last long.
Partly it's that their notion of what "investing" in has nothing to do with outcomes you want to see in the world, and everything to do with what brings monetary return, which steers them in the wrong direction.
Partly they think there are too many people and it's good that most of them will die, so they are doing humanity a favor by culling its numbers. (I'm not going to get into the racial breakdown of the order in which people die, but there's probably a lot to be said there, too.)
Partly they may just do the calculation that there are cheaper ways to get adulation.
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #collapse #extinction #billionaires #LateStageCapitalism #sociopathy #Consumption #AntiConsumption #sustainability #ClimateCulling
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Why are so many kids in America today looking favorably on socialism and communism?
When people said, "Maybe people shouldn't have to take on astronomical debt to get medical treatment", bootlickers said "That's socialism."
When people said, "We shouldn't be burdening young adults who want to get an education with predatory loans", bootlickers cried "socialism!".
Late Stage Capitalism is the best marketing socialism ever had.
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Why are so many kids in America today looking favorably on socialism and communism?
When people said, "Maybe people shouldn't have to take on astronomical debt to get medical treatment", bootlickers said "That's socialism."
When people said, "We shouldn't be burdening young adults who want to get an education with predatory loans", bootlickers cried "socialism!".
Late Stage Capitalism is the best marketing socialism ever had.
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Why are so many kids in America today looking favorably on socialism and communism?
When people said, "Maybe people shouldn't have to take on astronomical debt to get medical treatment", bootlickers said "That's socialism."
When people said, "We shouldn't be burdening young adults who want to get an education with predatory loans", bootlickers cried "socialism!".
Late Stage Capitalism is the best marketing socialism ever had.
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Why are so many kids in America today looking favorably on socialism and communism?
When people said, "Maybe people shouldn't have to take on astronomical debt to get medical treatment", bootlickers said "That's socialism."
When people said, "We shouldn't be burdening young adults who want to get an education with predatory loans", bootlickers cried "socialism!".
Late Stage Capitalism is the best marketing socialism ever had.
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"You have one life. Stop spending it being pissed at the people who do nothing to you and start getting angry at the Epstein Parasite Class...working yourself into an early grave is nothing to brag about....None of us should have to do that. We all deserve the basics at least."
#uspropaganda #Guillotinesforabetteramerica #capitalism #latestagecapitalism
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"You have one life. Stop spending it being pissed at the people who do nothing to you and start getting angry at the Epstein Parasite Class...working yourself into an early grave is nothing to brag about....None of us should have to do that. We all deserve the basics at least."
#uspropaganda #Guillotinesforabetteramerica #capitalism #latestagecapitalism
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"You have one life. Stop spending it being pissed at the people who do nothing to you and start getting angry at the Epstein Parasite Class...working yourself into an early grave is nothing to brag about....None of us should have to do that. We all deserve the basics at least."
#uspropaganda #Guillotinesforabetteramerica #capitalism #latestagecapitalism
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"You have one life. Stop spending it being pissed at the people who do nothing to you and start getting angry at the Epstein Parasite Class...working yourself into an early grave is nothing to brag about....None of us should have to do that. We all deserve the basics at least."
#uspropaganda #Guillotinesforabetteramerica #capitalism #latestagecapitalism
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"You have one life. Stop spending it being pissed at the people who do nothing to you and start getting angry at the Epstein Parasite Class...working yourself into an early grave is nothing to brag about....None of us should have to do that. We all deserve the basics at least."
#uspropaganda #Guillotinesforabetteramerica #capitalism #latestagecapitalism
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Hee hee, I just deleted all files, apps, bookmarks, etc. from my work laptop, and the did a Factory Reset. Turning it in tomorrow with my office keys and a handful of library books, and then it's FULL-ON RETIREMENT, baby!
I can't tell you how good it feels to put #Academia in my rearview mirror for all eternity! -
Hee hee, I just deleted all files, apps, bookmarks, etc. from my work laptop, and the did a Factory Reset. Turning it in tomorrow with my office keys and a handful of library books, and then it's FULL-ON RETIREMENT, baby!
I can't tell you how good it feels to put #Academia in my rearview mirror for all eternity! -
Hee hee, I just deleted all files, apps, bookmarks, etc. from my work laptop, and the did a Factory Reset. Turning it in tomorrow with my office keys and a handful of library books, and then it's FULL-ON RETIREMENT, baby!
I can't tell you how good it feels to put #Academia in my rearview mirror for all eternity! -
Hee hee, I just deleted all files, apps, bookmarks, etc. from my work laptop, and the did a Factory Reset. Turning it in tomorrow with my office keys and a handful of library books, and then it's FULL-ON RETIREMENT, baby!
I can't tell you how good it feels to put #Academia in my rearview mirror for all eternity! -
Hee hee, I just deleted all files, apps, bookmarks, etc. from my work laptop, and the did a Factory Reset. Turning it in tomorrow with my office keys and a handful of library books, and then it's FULL-ON RETIREMENT, baby!
I can't tell you how good it feels to put #Academia in my rearview mirror for all eternity! -
trickle down economy is just like pee on the poor #latestagecapitalism
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trickle down economy is just like pee on the poor #latestagecapitalism
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trickle down economy is just like pee on the poor #latestagecapitalism
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trickle down economy is just like pee on the poor #latestagecapitalism
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trickle down economy is just like pee on the poor #latestagecapitalism
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Subcontracting your work to the Devil might condemn your employees to Hell, but it _does_ get the job done!
#Poland #folktale #folklore #Devil #LateStageCapitalism
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Ditch -
Subcontracting your work to the Devil might condemn your employees to Hell, but it _does_ get the job done!
#Poland #folktale #folklore #Devil #LateStageCapitalism
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Ditch -
Subcontracting your work to the Devil might condemn your employees to Hell, but it _does_ get the job done!
#Poland #folktale #folklore #Devil #LateStageCapitalism
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Ditch -
Subcontracting your work to the Devil might condemn your employees to Hell, but it _does_ get the job done!
#Poland #folktale #folklore #Devil #LateStageCapitalism
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Ditch -
Subcontracting your work to the Devil might condemn your employees to Hell, but it _does_ get the job done!
#Poland #folktale #folklore #Devil #LateStageCapitalism
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Ditch -
We must decouple our society from the grip of oil and gas. Get fit, go as far as your legs can take you and save a bike from landfill by spending £50* on a bike.
You Only Need a £50 Bike | Clear Ideas
https://youtu.be/LisPfFa-n7k?si=VYkig52T34-lXxzZ #latestagecapitalism
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We must decouple our society from the grip of oil and gas. Get fit, go as far as your legs can take you and save a bike from landfill by spending £50* on a bike.
You Only Need a £50 Bike | Clear Ideas
https://youtu.be/LisPfFa-n7k?si=VYkig52T34-lXxzZ #latestagecapitalism