How do y'all cope with this

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[–] 103 points 2 years ago* (32 children)

I struggle every day with the thought that the corporate noose tightening around all of our necks will not be solved unless we as a society begin to provide some real ... 'mortal incentive' to the oligarchs of the world. No way I could ever do it myself, but I understand the need for it now more than ever.

Normally I'm a solutions guy. I shouldn't be coming up with this as a solution for the issues of the world right now, but it's gotten so egregious that the systems we've put in place FOR THE PEOPLE are not working for the people any longer.

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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Threat of force is a solution.

    It's basically what the police exist to do - behave the way we want, or we'll send someone with a gun to take your money, property, freedom, or life.

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    [–] 77 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Blowing up fossil fuel infrastructure is a moronic idea that'll create an environmental disaster worse than the infrastructure existing. Instead, sabotage it so that it stops flowing.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Are you morally obligated or are you ethically obligated? Or is it both?

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    [–] 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    How about a foreign fossil fuel infrastructure first?

    -Your friendly neighborhood CIA agent

    /s

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Blowing it up will not stop them as they'd just rebuild. More pollution in the process.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Yeah, I assume there's gotta be a better way. Like clogging it beyond repair (shut off+completely solidified), siphoning operations (assuming a spill isn't caused)... And in either case, converting it into something less bad and/or storing the carbon in a stable manner.

    (Although even rebuilding from what I see may be at least $1M-$2M per mile, they sure have the money but it's not insignificant either)

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Just killing billionaires is probably the best option

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I heard they protect the pipelines near places where it's easy to access and they know pretty quickly where the break happened so they can find you. It's quite difficult to actually figure out how to blow up a pipeline and not immediately get arrested.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If the us and China had a nuclear war the planet might survive.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    How do I cope? Video games that let me blow up infrastructure.

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've looped around to sadomasochism.

    Destroy the world! Kill us all! Burn me more daddy!!! 👐 😩 💦

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Who gives a fuck if you end up on a list? The only list you should be worried about is Santa's good list and that's not for another two months

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Same thoughts, my mind even came up with a good plan. Drones equipped with remote activated termite pots. It melts through steel easily and fossil fuels burn. You can do this from a distance and it uses cheap available materials. I don't have the guts to do it though... So it remains an Idea.

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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Monkey Wrench gang gang

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Smash the Petroliarchy!!!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I would, but this bad air quality thanks to our fossil fuel industry has given me pretty bad asthma and other respetory problems resulting in low energy.

    Too sleepy.

    Y'all blow it up for me tho, ya? Imma take a nap.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Final Fantasy VII

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I watch the Watchmen.

    See, by posting this, I'm on the watchlist too. So the watchlist is watching the watchmen watching the watchlist watching the watchmen ad infinitum. If you're asking "watch the fuck?", to explain without using the word watch, I've engaged an infinite mobius surveillance loop.

    Side note, by making it to the bottom of this comment, you've all done Dr. Seuss proud.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Easy. Think this, believe this, never do anything about it. Let's see how you grow to handle it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I generally imagine myself standing on trial with the argument of self defense. While it's what I would argue in a hypothetical criminal trial, the outcome is enough of a deterrent

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No watchlists on lemmy post away ;)

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    That is a BOLD assumption no three letter agency scrapes data from Lemmy.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    This will definitely get me on a watchlist

    r/persecutionfetish

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