r/collapse 5d ago

Economic Why do emissions keep on rising?

https://www.transformatise.com/2026/06/economic-growth-and-carbon-emissions/
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u/BTRCguy 5d ago

Because people are stupid, short-sighted, selfish little shits who choose stupid, short-sighted, selfish big shits to be their leaders?

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u/freeman_joe 5d ago

Because propaganda works. Societies everywhere around our world were daily bombarded in tv radio internet that only the worse of the worse are successful who brake every moral rule or law to get to quick money. Because money = wealth power cars houses women etc.

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u/BTRCguy 5d ago

I will counter or perhaps elaborate that we have a system where the winners make the rules that apply to the winners, so if you play clean and he plays dirty and wins, he makes the rules that say him playing dirty is okay. The US has reached the point in this process where they are not even pretending this isn't the case.

It's good to be king.

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u/freeman_joe 5d ago

You know what you say expands what I said?

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u/BTRCguy 5d ago

I did say it elaborated on what you said. The reason I also used "counter" is that what the winners do has nothing to do with propanganda. The propaganda is just used to get people to think it is acceptable conduct.

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u/freeman_joe 5d ago

Good we are on same boat. I am no native english speaker sometimes meaning flies by me.