Re: Millions have died, been maimed, lives+ecosystems destroyed to perpetuate addiction to Infernal Comb Archived Message
Posted by Ian M on April 6, 2023, 7:33 pm, in reply to "Millions have died, been maimed, lives+ecosystems destroyed to perpetuate addiction to Infernal Comb"
Passive-aggressive snark, whataboutism and strawman misrepresentation - did I just win Carlucci Bingo? The point, of course - once again - is that abuses related to renewable (sic) tech (more mining, more CO2 emissions, more ecological destruction, more genocide) are coming in addition to, not instead of ongoing fossil fuel abuses. The Hongana Manyawa don't care about pipe dreams of miraculous clean tech in the future - they are being threatened by what the mining companies are doing now, based on their evaluation of what materials they can turn a profit on. Real consistency and credibility would demand opposition to all the actions of the predatory capitalist economy, but you wouldn't understand that, having decided to cheerlead for its latest world-devouring innovations. I
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Message Thread:
- Indonesia: Uncontacted tribe being destroyed for electric car batteries - Ian M April 5, 2023, 9:47 pm
- Millions have died, been maimed, lives+ecosystems destroyed to perpetuate addiction to Infernal Comb - Jim_Carlucci April 6, 2023, 9:29 am
- Re: Millions have died, been maimed, lives+ecosystems destroyed to perpetuate addiction to Infernal Comb - Ian M April 6, 2023, 7:33 pm
- Tick - Tomski April 7, 2023, 10:57 pm
- Time to read or, indeed, re-read, Thoreau's Walden, man. Coz, you've surely lost your way. nm - Der April 7, 2023, 9:51 pm
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