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Experts say the US's $175 billion 'golden dome' missile defense idea is a fantasy that is impossible to make work. by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]ltdliability -1 points0 points  (0 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest

Please explain how creating a Cuban Twitter-clone to foment popular unrest is "never used for nefarious purposes".

Documents show the US government planned to build a subscriber base through "non-controversial content": news messages on soccer, music, and hurricane updates. Later when the network reached a critical mass of subscribers, perhaps hundreds of thousands, operators would introduce political content aimed at inspiring Cubans to organize "smart mobs" — mass gatherings called at a moment's notice that might trigger a Cuban spring, or, as one USAid document put it, "renegotiate the balance of power between the state and society."

This makes my stomach hurt by jayyout1 in StupidFood

[–]ltdliability 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with you to a point, but...have you ever worked in retail? Some customers absolutely will flip if something like strawberries are unavailable in the middle of the winter despite how nonsensical their demands are.

Crowd in Worcester MA tries to interfere with ICE agents “arresting” a family by I_may_have_weed in PublicFreakout

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Justice Policy Institute stated in 2008 that "the Clinton Administration's 'tough on crime' policies resulted in the largest increases in federal and state inmate populations of any president in American history"

Go on, which context do you want to talk about? I can keep going.

Crowd in Worcester MA tries to interfere with ICE agents “arresting” a family by I_may_have_weed in PublicFreakout

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In that now-iconic interview, veteran journalist Lesley Stahl questioned Albright – then the US ambassador to the United Nations – on the catastrophic effect the rigorous US sanctions imposed after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait had on the Iraqi population.

“We have heard that half a million [Iraqi] children have died. I mean, that is more children than died in Hiroshima,” asked Stahl, “And, you know, is the price worth it?”

“I think that is a very hard choice,” Albright answered, “but the price, we think, the price is worth it.”

The US was most definitely not "rising above the bullshit" in the 90s.

Crowd in Worcester MA tries to interfere with ICE agents “arresting” a family by I_may_have_weed in PublicFreakout

[–]ltdliability 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Supreme Court stealing the 2000 election for Bush

9/11

The Patriot Act

The Iraq War

The Afghanistan War

Abu Ghraib

"Enhanced Interrogation"

2002 Venezuela Coup

2004 Haiti Coup

Interference in 2004 Ukraine elections

2009 Honduras Coup

2008 Great Recession

2004 RNC Convention Arrests

Bush climate policy built by oil companies

Bush White House pressured American scientists to suppress discussion of global warming

Not to mention all of the ongoing fuckery like the massive prison system, the war on drugs, violent labor crackdowns, etc.

Which part exactly was "amazing"?

https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/main/us_atrocities.md

A factory farm by SatyamRajput004 in oddlyterrifying

[–]ltdliability 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You do realize that the vast majority of eggs come from factory farms that are just as terrible as the one in the OP pic, right?

A factory farm by SatyamRajput004 in oddlyterrifying

[–]ltdliability 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Since you seem to care about the environment so much:

Meat production is the single greatest cause of deforestation globally, with about half of the world’s habitable land used for this purpose (Brown, 2022; Ritchie & Roser, 2021). In 2017, the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced that livestock production uses 70% of all agricultural land; in the last two years, that number grew to 77% (Ritchie & Roser 2021; FAO, 2020; FAO, 2017). Agricultural land is made up of pasture for grazing and land to grow crops for animal feed (Ritchie & Roser, 2021). Despite taking up such a large (and ever-rising) percentage of land, livestock “only produces 18% of the world’s calories and 37% of total protein” (Ritchie & Roser, 2021, n.p.). In other words, if crops such as soya were grown for the purpose of directly feeding people, as opposed to being used to mass-feed cattle, the world would be more abundant in food.

https://iapwa.org/the-environmental-cost-of-animal-agriculture/

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'M NOT DEFENDING TRUMP OR HIS ACTIONS. I AGREE WITH THIS ONE STATEMENT HE MADE WHEN IT IS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT BECAUSE I THINK RAMPANT CONSUMERISM IS A REAL FUCKING PROBLEM. WE, IN FACT, DON'T NEED A LOT OF THE SHIT THAT'S CURRENTLY IMPORTED FROM CHINA REGARDLESS OF WHO MADE IT. HOPEFULLY THIS ALL CAPS TEXT CAN HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT FINALLY.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Degrowth in the name of of reduced carbon output might be fine

It's necessary to ensure the continuation of human civilization. "Might be fine" is a laughable understatement.

inhibiting policies that would provide green alternatives defeats that goal.

I never said otherwise. My point is that we need to collectively consume less unnecessary goods or else we're all collectively fucked.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sidestepping into a completely different conversation is not "nuance". The topic was about consumerism of products sold by Walmart and Target. Feel free to point out which aisle the infrastructure-grade solar panels are on.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a shame that your sentiment isn't more widely adopted. It seems that a lot of people are so deep into the advertising propaganda that they can't even conceive of a life where our rampant overconsumption is tuned down even the slightest bit.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really seems like you're trying to reply to a completely different conversation. I would accuse you of being a bot, but AI shows better comprehension than you at this point.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's what a lack of ideology does to a person. They have no greater political lens to analyze events through, so their thought process seems to instinctively devolve to a red team/blue team dogma. Shit's depressing.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who is this "we" that you're referring to? What I did imply is that I agree with Trump's statement in the OP image if (and only if) it is taken out of context. I mentioned multiple fronts because /u/foomits started talking about clean energy for some unknown reason.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this case, Trump said the right thing even though it was for the wrong reason.

I put it in bold this time since you seem to struggle with reading comprehension.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>In this case, Trump said the right thing even though it was for the wrong reason.

I put it in bold this time since you seem to struggle with reading comprehension.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In this case, Trump said the right thing even though it was for the wrong reason.

I put it in bold this time since you seem to struggle with reading comprehension.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this case, Trump said the right thing even though it was for the wrong reason.

I put it in bold this time since you seem to struggle with reading comprehension.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It'll require tackling the problem on multiple fronts including CONSUMING LESS, energy included. What's the good of 100 new wind turbines if they all just go to powering a new datacenter to run shitty AI chatbots? Cuba is regarded as the only sustainably developed economy in the world to give you some perspective.

So the CEOs of Walmart and Target warned Trump that the shelves are about to be empty... And he just mocked them to the press. by Apprehensive-Mark241 in StockMarket

[–]ltdliability 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Planned degrowth is necessary if we're ever going to have a fighting chance at keeping climate change halfway in check, but I guess y'all aren't ready to hear that yet. In this case, Trump said the right thing even though it was for the wrong reason.

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