• joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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    17 hours ago

    The fossil fuel industry invested $75 million to secure Trump's victory,

    This is like a scaled-up version of me paying a hundred and fifty bucks a month to have a reliable internet connection I can use to work. It's just an expense that's not really disposable cash, but it's a small enough amount proportionally that I can just pay for it without worrying too much. Operational costs and all that. $75 million is just an unremarkable line in the oil industry's spreadsheet.

    And these supposed representatives of democracy are* such a fucking cheap investment.* They're pathetic. It's just depressing how politicians in a capitalist society are essentially just the remora fish lapping up scraps from the sharks. It's ridiculous how far removed our supposed authorities are from actually running this clown show.