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Greta Thunberg pulls out of Edinburgh Book Festival over 'greenwashing' (www.bbc.com)

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[–] bircelak@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Capitalism incentivizes whichever enterprises currently controlling the market to suppress new innovation at all costs. Be better.

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[–] ilickfrogs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

Right? Oil companies have been doing literally everything in their power to suppress green energy so that they can milk their dirty cash cow. Capitalism is 99% of the problem.

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