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America's richest 10% are responsible for 40% of its planet-heating pollution, new report finds (www.cnn.com)

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America’s wealthiest people are also some of the world’s biggest polluters – not only because of their massive homes and private jets, but because of the fossil fuels generated by the companies they invest their money in.

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Every day we're here just to learn billionaires & families should be crushed and their wealth redistributed amongst third world countries.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (6 children)

That would just make other billionaires somewhere else. The problem is the system not the people

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup, the problem is firmly the system, but suggesting a worldwide change to socialism/communism is less "palatable" and believable by the average person.

So "eat the rich" is a decent compromise for a comment not intended to approach any sort of complex answer, while still being a move in a better direction than suggesting things to continue as they are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Suggesting a replacement system is infinitely more palatable to me than another Reign of Terror followed by (presumably) the same mistakes. Revolutionary defense is fine, but we don't need bloody revenge.

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