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It Is No Longer Possible to Escape What We Have Done to Ourselves (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] empiricism@sustainability.masto.host 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

@nottelling @CleverNameAndNumbers

"rich people keep getting everything they want"

Even rich people don't *want* death and destruction. They want money!

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[–] gornar@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

Like the song goes, we can't always get what we want!

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