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The ruling class know that global warming is real, but have chosen the Thanos solution rather than having to curtail their own excess. (lemmy.world)
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Leaders and political groups from around the world seem hell bent on choices that don't make any sense. Even if you take into account stupidity, greed, narcissism, religion, rascim, hate, ect. there are constantly things happening that don't fit.

If inst, you reframe the shit being done with the thought that while none of them may agree on a final destination, they all agree that a fast drop in population is the "fast and easy" solution, then suddenly it all starts to make a lot more sense. Then everything going on is a rush to secure power and position in the post apocalypse world. And things like antivax become their own filtering mechanism to self-select stupid people out of the gene pool.

Unfortunately, once you begin thinking about things with that mind set, then it also becomes really difficult not to see COVID as a test of the system, or at least the tipping point that pushed everything into high gear.

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[–] 15 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

It's ironically comforting to think that they have an ultimate plan and goal, even if it involves killing most of us, but it's not true.

This is merely history repeating itself for the umpteenth time.

People who have all the money and power want more because they got into those positions in the first place due to the sociopathic, narcissistic mindsets.

The plan is and has always been no more complicated than, "I'm infinitely more important than you, I want it all, and you don't matter."

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  • [–] 7 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    Yep. Obama once said in an interview how once he met super rich people he realized they're just normal people and unfortunately that's very true. They're not special. They're not a cult of baby blood drinkers, perverts and sycophants because they know something. It's because they're normal fuckers.

    You know these fuckers. They panic to get one car ahead of you in traffic because mentally they don't think they'll get to the same place in basically the same amount of time, usually faster if they just respect traffic flow, they don't even consider other people at all in their decisions. They buy all the Pokemon cards, concert tickets and game systems to scalp to get themselves ahead even if it isn't a hobby they're interested in at all. They take what isn't nailed down cause they can not because they need it. They lie and cheat for their own personal feelings to avoid guilt and ever considering themselves negatively.

    They're just bad people, some are born bad I believe most are raised.

    Next time you go into work look around at the bozos you work with. They're in the CIA, they run the government, they handle your healthcare. Yes they are that incompetent and yes they are that rude. That's just how some people are, it's just how humans are.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago

    Human nature arguments are dubious when the range of human behaviors is largely determined by the opportunities, obstacles, and incentives that arise from particular socioeconomic systems.

    Capitalist societies value and incentivize the accumulation of wealth, which requires greedy and self-centered behavior, so we are surrounded by greedy and self-centered people.

    Socialist societies value the collective good, so they promote altruistic and communally-minded people. Just look at interviews of people from former Soviet states. Almost universally they say that people got along better and had a real sense of solidarity and care for your neighbors.

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