Do you think there are any truly credible sources of news and information?
I feel like anymore when I read something, I need to do further research, and find second or third sources for verification. So many headlines are click bait half truths, hyperbole, or just full on lies and don't get me started
on YouTube "News".
@RickiTarr IMO: The digital age and demise of much of the media and capture by #CorporateOligarchy has exacerbated this problem, but it has always been the case the media entities had their own slant/bias. In my youth, it was necessary to read between the lines in MSM such as Time and Newsweek with each having its own perspective. At least those of us with enough skill can seek out various sources. Sadly, Joe and Joanne Sixpack (a dated reference admittedly) do not often have the skills needed.
@ThomHartmann And yet, he has the support of the majority of te white voters in the US and with the help of voter suppression, gerrymanders and a 24/7 propaganda network (that is never fully countered by any MSM outlets) might still be elected again. The antidemocratic forces in the US #CorporateOligarchy are strong.
"#Surveys reviewed in this factsheet indicate that people generally agree that #ClimateChange is happening, and it is one of the most pressing concerns across the globe. At the same time, a stark difference of opinions about how to distribute responsibilities among people from various parts of the world emerges. This clash of opinions mirrors the conflict between advanced and developing economies in international #climate politics."
@CelloMomOnCars Unless and until we are able to shake off the parasites (#CorporateOligarchy sociopaths) that own the MSM and the political system this disconnect will continue. I don't pretend to know how we do this and suspect it will only happen when the #ClimateEmergency causes a tipping point of #Chaos. Probably with an attendant high rate of human die off. I so hope to be proved a raving lunatic for such beliefs.
@atrupar IMO a big reason many fall for this BS is that the #DemocraticParty chose to adopt a rightwing ideology of #Neoliberalism and #Deregulation while courting #CorporateOligarchy donors and PMC minions of oligarchy that very much helped destroy #Unions. In my county the union manufacturing jobs that allowed comfortable lives for many disappeared with this #Clintonian betrayal. At the same time the MSM became increasingly the propaganda ministry for the #CorporateOligarchy.
#CorporateOligarchy control of the US health care system is fully exposed by this story in the news: Fundraiser for Olympian Mary Lou Retton exceeds goal as she's 'fighting for her life' in ICU
“The predominant history tells us that the status quo with #CarDependency is because that’s what ‘Americans’ — as if that’s a thing — have always wanted,” he said. “And what makes my jaw drop when I look back at the historical record is that that was never true … There was never a moment when lots of Americans weren’t fighting #CarDomination.”
@CelloMomOnCars History is of conspiracy by Oil, auto and tire companies to destroy public transportation. Proof the #CorporateOligarchy has controlled the US and a very long time. Some progress with New Deal era, but short-lived and by 1980 abandoned by even the #DemocraticParty.
How a #BigPharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving #Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits
A vaccine against #tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives.
But its development slowed after its corporate owner #GSK focused on more profitable vaccines.
"Most of the $2 trillion in annual #climate investments in developing countries needed by 2030 will have to come from the private sector, the #IMF said, warning that governments risk high debts if they try to reach net-zero goals with public funds."
But
How come it sounds so much like the IMF is prepping developing countries so they're ripe for the picking by private money - once again?
In conversation w a friend, she was surprised when I said we won't have electricity after social collapse. She asked "why? What happens to electricity?"
I had to then explain that infrastructure needs people to maintain and if things fall apart, nobody will keep the generators going or the wires in check. She seemed surprised by this.
Is this why people don't seem worried about what's coming? They have no idea???
I was trying to hide my shock that I had to explain this to someone who isn't a child. I think I take too much for granted and assume too much of people's ability to be logical.
Now her obsession with social issues at the expense of #ClimateCrisis makes sense. I was always wondering how someone on the left would not care about collapse. I have tried to explain before that as much as I share her concerns about the many dire issues that do need dealing with, none of it matters if climate change causes collapse. Then we won't have social housing, or equity, or any of the other things she cares about. (she was even part of a group that protested demanding "affordable gas")
Her look of shock finally helped me realize that she has absolutely no idea what #ClimateCollapse means. No idea. I've been arguing with her all these years and she's had no idea.
I don't even know what to say.
There's no way she's the only one. Lots of well intentioned people say "yes climate is important but....".
I am here to tell you that none of those other issues will even exist in the face of climate and social collapse.
I don't know if the average person can even imagine the number of deaths that we are facing when the society we built loses electricity.
@luis_in_brief@chu in the late 1990s I worked at a factory that was transitioning to just in time materials. I was working in shipping and receiving and helped set up the Kanban system of materials supply. It originated in Japan and was all the rage. The fragility of such a system requires an extremely stable commercial network. That stable world that the #CorporateOligarchy relied upon has now succumbed to the inherent nature of #Capitalism.
@RollingStone This is just going to get exponentially more weird. It's another roll of the technology roulette wheel. Or is it more akin to the Russian version. A democratic society should be debating AI and deciding what risks it is willing to take. Caveat: learn from the #ClimateEmergency as do not fall for #CorporateOligarchy's propaganda. #Capitalist#ProfitMotive distorts and corrupts the ethics of those involved. The interests of humanity conflict with the goal of maximizing profits.
@ProPublica#CorporateOligarchy#PublicHealth#SinglePayorNow#M4A Glad for ProPublica reporting on this. However, very similar stories/exposés have been happening for years. They show just how badly a profit-motive driven capitalist insurance system perverts and dehumanizes the healthcare system. Makes it even more obvious the #MedicareAdvantage scam to privatize #Medicare is evil. Despite the recurring exposés, the #CorporateOligarchy 's lock on our political system prevents serious change.
#ClimateEmergency#CorporateOligarchy#Capitalism "This civilization is gone. This world is gone. It already ended for millions of people. Some of us just haven't felt it yet. It was never an easy one for most of us. It was never fair, but there was a level of predictability. There was a level of comfort and convenience. That's gone now. Things aren't going to get better. They're not going to get back to the way they were."
STILL, IT IS UP TO US AS TO THE REPLACEMENT! https://www.okdoomer.io/the-world-has-already-ended/
Over the past 40 years, Republicans have pulled off an incredible magic trick. They’ve convinced average working people that tax cuts benefit them when in fact the opposite is true. How much longer will America fall for their BS?
@georgetakei Semi-bold action at best. The really bold actions were taken off the table by the #CorporateOligarchy hobbled #DemocraticParty long ago. But we must take the crumbs that fall off the masters' buffet, I guess.
When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation. I soaked up the vibes of a high-tech, utopian future. I internalized the trajectory we were on was good, that we had reached the End of History. There might be a few bumps on the road, but the direction was inevitable and the destination was inexorable.
It turns out that the fastest a human being has ever traveled was 39,897 kilometers per hour. That was the crew of the Apollo 10 mission returning to earth. That happened on 26 May, 1969.
Fifty-four years ago. We peaked more than half a century ago.
@HeavenlyPossum This is still on-going. Here is just one example of how the #CorporateOligarchy has control within the #BidenAdmon: "Biden Infrastructure Report Pushes 'Disastrous Water Privatization Schemes,' Watchdog Says
"President Biden should have never appointed an investment banker to chair an advisory council for the nation's infrastructure," said one advocate." https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-water-privatization
"Three days after the article was published, someone asked Yudkowsky on social media: “How many people are allowed to die to prevent AGI?” His response was: “There should be enough survivors on Earth in close contact to form a viable reproductive population, with room to spare, and they should have a sustainable food supply. So long as that’s true, there’s still a chance of reaching the stars someday.”"
Remember that these are the bozos policy makers are talking to.
@timnitGebru "The Bozos" seem to me to be a direct offspring of #AynRand and #TechBro#Incel cultures. Rand is already extremely influential among our political/economic #CorporateOligarchy leadership. Makes the threat from TESCREAL seem all the more palpable IMO.
@petersuber On another level, this also explains precisely why #Biden and the #Democrats are so unable to walk a straight path and always hedge every action such that their #CorporateOligarchy funders are not alienated beyond recovery. The party is still rife with those that supported a move to allow #CorporateOligarchy become their new masters. Biden himself has twisted into a pretzel trying to serve two multiple masters. Be immensely interesting if DEMs win big enough to control three branches
@georgetakei It is more than sad that we have a system that is so dysfunctional that to avoid a #Christofascist takeover I must vote for a party and candidate that has shown no ability to overcome its decades of complicity with a #neoliberal#CorporateOligarchy sufficiently to deal with the #ClimateEmergecny that cannot be managed by a #capitalist system. Almost by definition #capitalism will fail us. Perhaps it will buy us a little time to make real changes that are necessary.
Clarence Thomas’ Billionaire Friends Bought Him a Lot More Than Vacations...ProPublica’s investigations also illustrate the creation of a cult of personality that was engineered from the top down. Financed by a small group of extremely wealthy people were efforts to turn the jurist into a national cultural icon... #fascism#AynRand#CorporateOligarchy
Forgive me for seeing a connection between this information and Rand's influence on our top leadership in the US. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-billionaire-friends.html
@rbreich My knowledge of the history of capitalism and military contracting is certainly not extensive. What I do know seems to indicate that it has historically, in the US, been ripe with fraud and abuse. Wouldn't the world be much better off if war was not a profit center for the #CorporateOligarchy. Seems a no-brainer, but for one fact. That #CorporateOligarchy controls the levers of power. Unless that changes, wars for profit will continue.
@godsouza IMO, unless we adopt a war footing on the scale of that used during WWII, we will not likely achieve sufficiently fast reductions in GHG emissions. Rationing, mandating production changes. I have little hope we can do it but letting the capitalist #CorporateOligarchy and "billionaire philanthropy" make the decisions is a fool's game. #climateemergency