How billionaires burning down this world for a quick buck will disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities
this post was submitted on 22 May 2024
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Was always the plan, climate change is something mostly caused by the rich, that mostly affects the poor.
Edit: i don't see why this is controversial lmao
I honestly do not believe that harming millions of poor people was the plan. It was mainly a know site effect, which was accepeted by the rich.
Going forward with a known side effect that disproportionately affects the poor is one thing, spending billions of dollars over decades to spread disinformation and convince people that isn't the case is another.
Not sure what makes you believe this wasn't the plan
"The plan" implies the main intention was to harm people and not to make a lot of money and Atlas shrug their way out of resonsbility.
The goal was to make money, the plan was to screw the average person to keep it going.