MisterD ( @MisterD@lemmy.ca ) 34•3 months agoFossil fuels corps don’t care. The next quarter is what they care about
LostWon ( @LostWon@lemmy.ca ) 7•3 months agoIndeed, it seems like campaign finance reform would be a better start than to pray for fossil fuel and other industries to develop a a conscience.
I’d like to think we can all agree across the political spectrum that we need to find a way for politicians to represent the interests of citizens rather than just ruling over us.
IninewCrow ( @ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ) English4•3 months agoUnless the actual New York Stock Exchange is on fire and big piles of money are burning, corporations and companies don’t care about what happening to the world, the environment or the people.
admiralteal ( @admiralteal@kbin.social ) 10•3 months agoThey can definitely afford it. They are extreme wealthy and growing moreso with every molecule extracted. If we want to make it so they “can’t afford it”, we need to change the societal paradigm and start holding them responsible for all damages past and future in civil and criminal courts.
Because it’s the rest of us who can’t afford it.
metaStatic ( @metaStatic@kbin.social ) 4•3 months agoDirect action is the only way.
It will always be profitable until we make it cost something.
Someone owns the pipelines and they have published addresses.
Commiunism ( @Commiunism@lemmy.wtf ) 7•3 months agoYeah they can ignore them, but in a different way - notice how the conservative and even some liberal types went from denying climate change so there shouldn’t be any action taken to acknowledging climate change but refusing to do anything because “it’s not a big deal” or whatever to nowadays fully acknowledging climate change but saying that it’s too late for any sort of action to be taken.
PeepinGoodArgs ( @PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ) English7•3 months agoCould they afford it before? What’s changed since then? Bigger climate numbers? Why should they care?
jlow (he/him) ( @jlow@beehaw.org ) 3•3 months agoWITTNESS THEM!!
MonkderZweite ( @MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ) 3•3 months agoThey still do.
Evil_Shrubbery ( @Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ) 1•3 months ago… ok, but fuck FT.
And it’s the stakeholders (we all) that can’t afford not to undergo a quick (and as brutal as necessary) economy revolution.