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Cake day: June 9th, 2023
  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.workstoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Not a thunderdome
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    1 year ago

    There are lots of arguments in favor of environmental protections even if someone thinks CO2 is not an issue. Think smog over major cities, or rivers being too polluted to swim in, or oil spills. You can’t eat the fish you catch in many water bodies because of industrial contamination with heavy metals and PCBs. Mine tailings leach chemicals out into lakes and rivers. This is all very visible stuff that cannot be waved away with vague doubts.

    You can counter the “drill baby drill” people by pointing out that using up our oil first makes us dependent on other countries in the future. Given that the world has a finite supply of oil, it’s smart to keep ours in the ground as much as possible. Hold on to that domestic oil as a future “strategic reserve,” and focus on developing renewables for our daily energy needs.

  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.workstoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•who got rich with gov't money??
    6·
    1 year ago

    I’m just trying to shitpost in a meme community here. Though, if we want to split hairs, “subsidies” can include government contracts to purchase goods and services:

    A subsidy has a very particular meaning under the Subsidies Agreement and U.S. law (Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930). A subsidy is defined as a “financial contribution” by a government which provides a benefit. The forms that a subsidy can take include:

    • a direct transfer of funds (e.g., a grant, loan, or infusion of equity);
    • a potential transfer of funds or liabilities (e.g., a loan guarantee);
    • foregone government revenue (e.g., a tax credit); or
    • the purchase of goods, or the provision of goods or services (other than general infrastructure).

    https://www.trade.gov/trade-guide-wto-subsidies

  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.workstoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•To think about...
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    2 years ago

    some of the embedded ideology is very disturbing. Some authors have argued that the movie implicitly supports fascism

    The 1994 version, or the 2019 remake? The original had the “Be Prepared” musical sequence where the hyenas are goose-stepping for Scar, clearing framing them as akin to Nazis parading for Hitler. I have not seen the 2019 version to know what may have changed.