"Planetary overheating is really just the most geophysical symptom of extractive colonial capitalism – 'billionairism' – a system designed to pump wealth from the poor to the rich, creating billionaires, the healthcare crisis, the housing crisis, genoc...

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Planetary overheating is really just the most geophysical symptom of extractive colonial capitalism – 'billionairism' – a system designed to pump wealth from the poor to the rich, creating billionaires, the healthcare crisis, the housing crisis, genocide, hierarchies like racism and patriarchy, and a great deal of suffering."

~ Peter Kalmus

#Trump #ElonMusk #billionaires #EconomicElites #ClimateChange #environment #ecology #GlobalWarming #OilandGas
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/meta-factchecking-donald-trump

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Humanity already has the technology to quickly transition away from fossil fuels; solar has been the cheapest way to produce electricity for half a decade now. But ultra-wealthy people are blocking the transition."

#Trump #ElonMusk #billionaires #EconomicElites #ClimateChange #environment #ecology #GlobalWarming #OilandGas
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[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"To resist, then, start by orienting against the real enemy: wealthy people invested in the status quo. For climate specifically, orient against the oil, gas, and coal executives who spread disinformation to continue profiting from our planet’s destruction."

#Trump #ElonMusk #billionaires #EconomicElites #ClimateChange #environment #ecology #GlobalWarming #OilandGas
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[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"It’s a telltale sign of technofascism when our communication systems are disrupted by changes in political power after every election. Protection for vulnerable groups online continues to depend on the political ambitions of the CEO or owner of social media platforms.

This is further proof that social media is not a free speech machine. Never was."

~ Joan Donovan

#Trump #ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #billionaires #EconomicElites #SocialMedia #technofascism
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/meta-factchecking-donald-trump

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Instead, content moderation is the core product of social media, where algorithms decide if speech is visible, at what volume, 7 if there will be counter-speech. Contrary to Zuckerberg’s claims, it wasn’t the factcheckers that ruined Meta products. It’s always been insider political operatives, including Clegg, Sandberg, and Kaplan, who turned social media into a new frontier for the culture wars."

#Trump #ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #billionaires #EconomicElites #SocialMedia #technofascism
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[rickd6@mstdn.ca]

@wdlindsy perhaps if there’s a significant charge to each company for all the overproduction (of items made and never used/needed) not just dumping fees as we all share in that. That would at least make the company more responsible imho.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Average global temperatures were 1.6 degrees Celsius in 2024, making it the hottest year in human record-keeping and the first year that surpassed the 1.5-degree mark over the pre-industrial average."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #ElonMusk #billionaires #EconomicElites #ClimateChange #environment #ecology #GlobalWarming #OilandGas
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/the-race-is-on-to-release-jack-smiths

[yuhasz01@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy James Baldwin: "Ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@yuhasz01 Right on the mark. James Baldwin was just magnificent.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Rickd6 Yes, a good point, for sure.