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'gas station masquerading as a country' (hexbear.net)
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[–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I see we're fighting the war against global warming hard.

Except we're on the side of global warming.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago*

    The Carbon Liberation Front

    From McKenzie Wark, who introduced the concept in her book, "Molecular Red":

    "The history of the modern world from the French Revolution onwards is often thought of as a series of liberations — from tyranny, from mystification, and so on. Or, more positively, the liberation of the common people, of the slaves, of women, and so on. There’s even a movement now for animal liberation. But what if the thing that really got free in modern times was nothing human or even animal, but was an element: carbon? Capitalism runs on fossil fuels — on carbon. It “liberates” it from oil and coal deposits, runs the commodity economy on it, and dumps the waste carbon in the atmosphere and the oceans. So I coined the term “Carbon Liberation Front” as an ironic way of thinking about what transpired in the modern era, which is the era of the rise of capitalism."

    https://www.inverse.com/article/22748-molecular-red-anthropocene-climate-change-mars-colony-capitalism-climate-change

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    • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    corn-man-khrush doesn't even rank?

    No pork or soybeans? No steel? Not even military hardware? How far America has fallen.

    Just as a counterpoint to 2023, consider

    2015

    • United States exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 72,688,795.02 million.
    • United States exported Monolithic integrated circuits, nes , worth US$ 32,346,350.94 million.
    • United States exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 21,754,446.06 million.
    • United States exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 20,873,046.78 million.
    • United States exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 20,673,522.41 million.

    2010:

    • United States exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 53,956,896.03 million.
    • United States exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth US$ 26,313,841.52 million.
    • United States exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 19,279,313.61 million.
    • United States exported Soya beans , worth US$ 18,638,247.75 million.
    • United States exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 18,221,436.08 million.

    2000

    • United States exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth US$ 40,653,034.32 million.
    • United States exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth US$ 23,829,296.47 million.
    • United States exported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth US$ 21,041,094.06 million.
    • United States exported Aircraft parts nes , worth US$ 12,968,588.90 million.
    • United States exported Motor vehicle parts nes , worth US$ 11,176,274.28 million.

    1995

    • United States exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth US$ 25,329,745.92 million.
    • United States exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth US$ 16,538,617.86 million.
    • United States exported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth US$ 12,000,257.02 million.
    • United States exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 9,644,634.11 million.
    • United States exported Motor vehicle parts nes , worth US$ 9,071,806.46 million.

    We basically just gave up on high tech exports over the last 30 years.

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    and they say we don't make anything here anymore

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