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Global Warming's Terrifying New Math
2012 Jul 24, 6:10am 6,364 views 22 comments
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2012 Jul 24, 10:54am
We've given American corporations the rights of individuals
Which is insane, I agree.
so shouldn't they be held accountable for their actions? Behave in a moral, ethical way, as we expect of our citizens and be prosecuted when they don't?
Who get's to decide what is "moral" and "ethical"? We're live in a relativistic, amoral society where the only thing that matters is raw power and how much you can "get away with." In America, might makes right.
But when one's actions harms others or goes against the greater good, the public deserves to be protected.
I agree. But good luck convincing corporate lobbyists and the politicians they own.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
From the story:
Climate change operates on a geological scale and time frame, but it's not an impersonal force of nature; the more carefully you do the math, the more thoroughly you realize that this is, at bottom, a moral issue; we have met the enemy and they is Shell.
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