• Fluke@feddit.uk
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    18 days ago

    Remember when all the coal rolling micropenises were whacking “I did that!” stickers stickers on everything?

    Wonder what they’re all blaming now their man, Mango Mussolini and his team of cum-guzzling sycophants and fascist handlers are fully in charge?

    Is it still somehow Biden’s fault? What’s their play here?

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    19 days ago

    If only conservatives weren’t so focused on the economy the economy would be doing better. :(

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    19 days ago

    I can appreciate that premium gas is only $.30/gal more, where by me it’s $1.10/gal more 😡😤

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    19 days ago

    Awww, did someone get addicted to unsustainable energy sources that are artificially cheap due to externalized costs?

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        18 days ago

        No, it’s not. We all know that we cannot afford to put any more CO2 into the atmosphere. So reasonably, any new CO2 that is emitted would have to be (permanently) removed via carbon capture. That would be the true cost of emitting CO2, but instead, these effects are externalized to global society as a whole, making gas at the pump artificially cheap by cheating everyone else.

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      18 days ago

      California has one of the highest renewables usage and has the highest energy price.

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        19 days ago

        Well, y’all had the chance to elect people less influenced by the oil lobby. and y’all collectively failed.

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            18 days ago

            No, because my country has continuously overthrown (or at least tried to overthrow) authoritarian regimes that served other interests rather than the people’s, for the past 300 years alone.

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          18 days ago

          At no point in my lifetime have we had a chance to elect anyone not influenced by capital lobbyists. Our elections are a farce where the choices are between letting things get worse or keeping them the same. We’re ratcheting further and further into hell every few years and given nothing but the illusion of choice to prevent it. The votes and opinions of the working class have literally no statistical influence on legislation passed in this country. None.

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          19 days ago

          Yep, 1/3 of us choose not to show up, because the candidate wasn’t perfect or they couldn’t be bothered, along with the disenfranchisement of people due to “voting reform”.

          I wish it mattered that a lot of us voted against this shit, but just as many wanted it/didn’t care, so here we are. It fucking sucks here 😕

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            19 days ago

            I’m not just talking about Kamala here - Bernie being listed while running on a pretty popular programme, just because the right would audibly consider it “communist” (while they’d still do so even if the Democrats brought out a plan that matched the GOP 99.999%) is another good example.

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              18 days ago

              Same answer applies. We consistently have a third of the population sir or of the general, and only a fraction of voters participate in primaries.

              Too many are apathetic and don’t participate, or become so entrenched in purity politics and reject anything that could stem the bleeding because it’s too middle of the road and stay home. A lot of our problems could be solved by an active and informed electorate, but too many want perfection and are willing to sacrifice passable to get less than nothing.

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    19 days ago

    Comparatively, fuel in Hong Kong is about $4/litre which is about $15/gallon… so count your lucky stars and stripes you warmongering fools.

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      19 days ago

      Right, because the people of California were the ones clamoring for a war in the middle east.

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            Oh, you’re right, it was actually 57% of registered voters in California that refused to vote against him and vote for Kamala.

            Just because you live in a system doesn’t mean that voting absolves you of all blame for the current crisis. You still live in the US and you still indirectly support American foreign policy. You still live in a world that is crumbling because authoritarians are bullying the civilians of the world.

            Americans having to pay a fraction of what Europeans or the global south has to pay for gas is completely fair. The US started this war. The war has not ended yet.

            At the very least, the 57% of you who encouraged this behavior might change their mind after this pain.

            There is too much apathy in the US. You can’t just live in a bubble and pretend everything will be OK while World War 3 is starting.

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        Until the people of the US do something about your tyrannical government, I think the rest of the world is going to make snide comments and tar you all with the same brush. Let’s be honest, it doesn’t matter who youve voted for, the US consistently will start wars.

        It sucks but at least you guys arent the ones being bombed.

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          18 days ago

          The US has a lot of blame for these wars, certainly, I’m on the same page, but historically, the US was not there alone. So when you point the finger and say the US and its citizens need to do something, remember that you could also be pressuring your own government to stand up for what’s right, in a world full of Kier Starmer, be a Pedro Sanchez.

          You and I are of the same mind, we are better together than fighting each other.

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    19 days ago

    Good time to buy the cheapest electric car you can find and use it for commute and round town driving. Leave the gas car for longer trips.