• citizensongbird@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Okay, here’s what’s actually happening since nobody seems to get the picture.

    The Arctic has been melting in recent years, opening up areas that were never accessible before for resource extraction (oil, minerals). This is also why nobody is doing shit about global warming, because the opportunity for profit is too huge.

    Canada has claimed ownership over the Arctic and its resources. Greenland/Denmark has claimed ownership as well. America has claimed these areas are in international waters and not ownable by anybody, so it’s a free for all. But they know that’s a weak position.

    If USA takes Greenland, they take the Arctic. That’s it, that’s all.

    Bonus: it’s a distraction from Trump’s name being all over the Epstein files. Although I’m not sure why he cares so much; his supporters certainly don’t. Like he said, he could rape a child in the middle of 5th avenue and he wouldn’t lose any votes.

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      4 hours ago

      … The arctic is huge, like continent-sized. If they take Greenland, they’ve taken Greenland.

      This is also why nobody is doing shit about global warming, because the opportunity for profit is too huge.

      That’s also not quite so spooky. Ask the average Joe how much of his salary and lifestyle he’s willing to give up to prevent it. The answer is almost nothing. We haven’t, because we don’t wanna.

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          Well, for one thing, a car is a luxury in most of the world. Ask how people feel about riding on busses. Sometimes the answer is that they can’t for some reason, but usually it’s just that they prefer a private vehicle and no timetables.

          For another, a good potion of the population isn’t actually struggling, and has Amazon or Temu stopping by to deliver dumb stuff from China all the time. Like, that entire sector, along with meal delivery, is all about spending surplus income. I’m not talking about the bottom quarter here.

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      10 hours ago

      And of course Russia has claimed half of it, because they have about half of the arctic coastline.

      the opportunity for profit is too huge

      Until their coastal refineries start flooding when Antarctica starts melting. Although even Greenland is already worth 7 meters of sea level rise.

      But of course all of that is for future generations to worry about. As long as they can squeeze out a bit more profit before they die, it’s all good.

      This is the most literal “après moi le deluge” ever.

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        43 minutes ago

        Jusqu’ici tout va bien… Jusqu’ici tout va bien…

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      10 hours ago

      To be honest folks. It isn’t important that I don’t feel better about things. The more urgent fact is that the aforementioned comment is, how do they say it in layman’s terms, very important.

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      9 hours ago

      That is not what trump said. He said he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Ave.