The Greatest Misinformation Campaign in History
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- Опубликовано: 15 янв 2024
- Big Oil has known for more than 50 years that fossil fuels pose a huge danger to the climate. They covered it up to keep raking in profits.
It's one of the biggest corporate crimes in history.
Now California is suing to make them pay for the damage.
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People still hope corporations "do the right thing"? That's amazing naivete.
Yep, hasn't it been known for decades that oil companies were funding scientists that were skeptical of man made climate change? And isn't it old news that the scientific consensus is that it is happening, the main question is how fast and how bad is it going to get along with what can be done about it.
The current 'administration' is, this very moment, arguing in court against America's children, saying they don't have any obligation to ensure children can survive in fifty years.
A lot of people still assume corporations are doing the right thing.
Poor libertarians exist.
That's all Americans have been relying on since America became America. And Americans have repeatedly proven to everyone& all on 🌎 that the nicest adjective that can be used to describe them is naive 🥴🤪🤡🤥
Boeing killed a guy. He even told a close friend if he committed "suicide" it was murder.
two boeing whistleblowers are no longer breathing.
yep, two now (that we know of)
It's so disheartening and infuriating to see that time and time again, criminals WIN and become DISGUSTINGLY WEALTHY while 99,99% of us suffer. 😢😤
More like 99.99999 percent.
Yeah and 99.98% of those people are fighting with each other because media told them they hate each other.
And guess what they're getting rich from!? That's right... All the debt we owe 😅. Stop taxing the poor!
@@nuance9000 Tax.
The.
Rich.
yall Europeans using commas as decimals is so confusing lol
The worst crimes are perfectly legal.
What the State does it calls law. What individuals do, the State calls crime. I'm paraphrasing Max Stirner.
Lawful evil is still evil
Exactly!
And I’m sure the WEF and the billionaires who run the oil companies will do a great job coming up with solutions. It’s so smart that we’ve put them in charge of fixing the problems they caused. And they definitely won’t use this crises to F the S out of the working class somehow. I’m totally sure the “solutions” won’t be worse than the problems bc we have such a benevolent government and ruling class who really care about us and the planet. 😐
@@joleaneshmoleane8358 The sarcasm is strong in this one!
@@Pomeray8 Oh, a libertarian I see.
I work as an architect in the transportation industry. I think it would be a very pertinent story to discuss how car and oil companies destroyed our very exceptional passenger rail lines. Having a well functioning transit system is a big factor in slowing climate change and a public travesty that these companies had taken away the right of people to exist without paying for an automobile in the majority of this country. Not to mention the unsustainable land use that comes from car centrism. There should be a joint civil lawsuit against the oil and car giants!!
I've heard that the middle ranked researchers and developers within the car companies wanted to design high-speed public transit systems that would coexist with cars. Their own salaries would be the same, and they wouldn't have to put people behind the wheel whom it wasn't safe to. But the top-ranked wheelers and dealers had their way, and were panicked about how any existence of public transit would cut into their executive bonuses.
I’m hoping New York joins California in this lawsuit
I’m hoping New York joins California in this lawsuit
I’m hoping New York joins California in this lawsuit
I’m hoping New York joins California in this lawsuit
Oil executives should be charged with crimes against humanity.
Here here
I hope there are enough fundamental similarities between the lawsuit against oil, as the one against tobacco that was settled in '998, that California would have good odds of winning.
They would win in court.
That would mean more if major corporations didn't own the courts@@RichardDuncan-ju1xk
Climate “Crisis” End-Game
ruclips.net/video/xELwAzA07tA/видео.html
It's against youtube TOS to describe what we would have to do if we actually thought what these ghouls have done to humanity should be punished.
Pretty much.
God forbid that google would get it's liddle' fe-fes hurt …
It's actually really simple. Stop giving oil subsidies and tax all profits for use with cleanup and public transportation investments.
@@nuance9000 Sounds simple. But, Republicans. And Democrats.
@@nuance9000
Simple... Right.
It's only simple until you try to do it.
Auto industry should be held accountable as well as the Koch brothers
Sadly David Koch has passed on, or maybe he’s frozen till science can create a Frankenstein monster for real???
@@larryrobinson08Naw dude. Cryogenically freezing yourself requires decapitation and the freezing cracks and shatters your nerve and muscle lining.
Just throw my bones to the dogs -Diogenes
Remember cars were popularized by henry ford a fascist.
@@larryrobinson08Yes but the eviler Koch brother is still alive
Climate “Crisis” End-Game
ruclips.net/video/xELwAzA07tA/видео.html
The bloated owner class continues to get more fabulously rich while we all continue to get poorer.
All it cost them was humanity's future.
They ought to be fed to vultures.
I think we should remember the example of Johan De Witt.
They’re gonna do the same with climate policy. We put these criminals in charge of coming up with policy solutions to fix the problems they caused.
I’m sure the WEF and the billionaires who run the oil companies will do a great job coming up with solutions. It’s so smart that we’ve put them in charge of fixing the problems they caused. And they definitely won’t use this crises to F the S out of the working class somehow. I’m totally sure the “solutions” won’t be worse than the problems bc we have such a benevolent government and ruling class who really care about us and the planet. 😐
Now you’ll just have to buy carbon credits, oh wait. You won’t be able to afford them an they won’t help solve the problem.
I’m sure the WEF and the billionaires who run the oil companies will do a great job coming up with solutions. It’s so smart that we’ve put them in charge of fixing the problems they caused. And they definitely won’t use this crises to F the S out of the working class somehow. I’m totally sure the “solutions” won’t be worse than the problems bc we have such a benevolent government and ruling class who really care about us and the planet. 😐
Earth's future.*** 😊
I just gotta say this, Homosapins ARE the most invasive animals on the planet. It always seems like we are destroying all different kinds of ecosystems or pushing different species to extinction.
Privatize the gains and socialize the losses. 😢
yeap
This is literally the foundation of this nation. Granting power and protection to the very worst of humanity.
Yup! Same w the wars and the risky banking tactics. The government is so corrupted that idk why a single person believes they’ll do anything other than use this crises to F us more.
Example: 2008 financial crisis~private bankers make bad loans~get bailed out by public (that's you and I) taxpayers. The kicker: no CEO went to jail. Get the picture now?
@@JoseLopez-tk4tq And it wasn't just the bankers. There was an open collusion between Treasury, the banks, the ratings agencies, and the tertiary industries to real estate.
After WWII Standard Oil, General Motors and Firestone conspired to buy up all streetcar lines and junked them. They were found guilty of conspiracy and fined five thousand dollars. Gee! I am shocked that they would do something like this!
Globally they were junked
I would use public transportation if it was available for me to use
See two movies - Chinatown and Roger Rabbit, weirdly good on this.
This also took place in Australia
truth
Greed is not the desire for more, it's the desire for more at the expense of others and Mother Earth itself. 😢
That is how capitalism works since its inception.
There is a reason greed is one of the _seven deadly sins._
@@JohnT.4321 It is the fundamental premise of capitalism.
@@arabcadabra8863 Profits over people and anything that gets in the way.
Greed is excessive by definition.
Good luck to California in getting these scumbags to pay
Big Tobacco was brought down by a lawsuit 20 years ago. Civil lawsuits are one of the few strong protections of the 99% remaining in the US.
Good luck to the wealthiest and most populous state who also drives the most? There's federalism and there's feudalism; one is better than the other 🤪
@@nuance9000 Just because California has more wealth per capita than the southeastern states doesn't mean they favor dirty energy. Plus, people don't enjoy crowded roads and *having* to rely on cars because there's no alternatives. You should be mad at the top-ranked car company executives for sowing car supremacist city design!
@@nuance9000 California’s population drives a lot of total miles because it’s the biggest population, but their average mile per citizen is lower than the national average:
“while populous California accounts for 340 billion miles driven each year - more than any other state - the average driver only covers 12,500 miles annually, less than the nationwide average.” Wyoming is 1st with 24,069 miles a year per driver. Mississippi, New Mexico, Missouri, and Georgia round out the top 5.
When you have the most people it’s almost inevitable you’ll have the highest total of any given thing. That’s why we generally use per capita stats to compare policy outcomes between places with different populations.
Source: Federal Highway Administration data.
The scumbags won't pay. Customers of the scumbags will pay.
With tobacco, those that still smoked paid.
We ALL still use oil.
The dividends and bonuses will still be paid.
Did he say 'billions of dollars'? Crypto exchanges and banks pay billions of dollars in fines. The oil industry should be trillions of dollars.
As much as I appreciate the lawsuit, I don't think it will save us. Companies pay out and continue with business as usual. They make way too much money doing what they are doing, and the politicians don't want to lose those bribes. That's why the law allows companies to purchase their way out of regulations via carbon credits rather than actually changing anything.
of course it won't. protection for predatory capitalist enterprise is codified in the structure of american governance and cannot be changed without constitutional amendment; but more importantly, the global imperialist project that is capitalist exploitation has grown far beyond American government. mega corps and fossil fuel companies hold more power and cohesion across global lines than any other institution in modern day civilization including the US military apparatus (which is the #1 purchaser of these products and the #1 emitter of harmful emissions). for all intents and purposes, capitalism is an overarching phantom nation that controls all other imperial outposts and colonies no matter the country name. uprooting the inverted power dynamic is the only solution, which is why piecemeal reform within capitalism under neoliberal rule will never, ever result in success. democracy plays second fiddle to capitalist agendas.
Hey, they're called super-PAC campaign contributions and charitable donations to privately owned and operated non-profits. Not bribes, it's mostly legal.
@@Pistolita221 I'm gonna assume this is sarcasm but it's so hard to tell these days.
@@shroomyk lol, yeah america does seem beyond parody at this point.
As much as I love what this channel tries to do, I agree. It's all too little, too late.
Simply put, the profit motive incentivizes greed and criminal behavior. Rule by mobsters.
Some of them are literal mobsters.
@@Pistolita221 And some are Mango Mobster wanna-be's.
It's exactly why I condemned the US under Charles Koch and Lewis Powell as a racketeerocracy! Criminal enterprise has more power over policy than the people!
Agreed. Greed has always been the root of all evil!( and tRump of course)!
The fact that oil companies do not have to come to the table and commit to binding emissions reductions the same as the various world governments is problematic. As trans national organizations, they can simply change where the majority of their emissions are produced to a non-signatory nation and reduce emissions in their operations in signatory countries. It then becomes a shell game where the oil companies pressure smaller governments to refuse to sign and increase operations in those locations.
Ya we know, they know, everyone knows that everyone knew. The issue is that they own everything. Government, laws, property. We're stuck on a poisoned planet cheering a few tech bros as they build bunkers and getaway ships lol. The fight was lost awhile ago.
Everybody needs to see this video. These executives have arguably caused more damage to humanity's future prospects on this earth than any other group.
Possibly, but the people who most need to see this won't actually watch it and if they do, they'll just go back to not caring. The problem would have been solved decades ago if the profit motive for destroying the environment had been addressed. If they were required to clean up after themselves the way that many others are, it would have changed while the necessary measures weren't particularly onerous.
My parents agree with all of this but they don't care bc they believe God's gonna come down and fix everything for us. That's the problem with christianity and any religion that has the destruction of earth as its end goal. It's a death cult and its gonna push humanity into extinction. It's also why capitalism and Christianity as so closely entwined. Capitalism has been able to graft itself onto Christianity and use it as a puppet for it's own purpose
Ya, because watching videos solves anything.
We know this since decades, what should a yt-video change? People still buy big cars to compensate. But the others are the problem.
@@guruware8612 not to mention the "climate change" industry , which makes huge profits from the gullible who need to blame someone for their imagined harm
global warming is a myth that i believed until i did a little looking into the actual science , but reading the comments here , i see only true believers , not thinkers...
ah well Y.T.
I have to wonder, even if California wins, will the actual people who made these destructive decisions be held accountable, or will the corporations just have a little less profit, and maybe those poor executives will get smaller bonuses?
Probably just looking at a corporate rebranding.
Most of the folks that did this are dead or at least retired.
Those "poor executives" are sailing into their twilight years on golden parachutes so large that their children (and likely their children's children) will never want for anything. Of course the people that make these decisions will not be held accountable, because the entire corporate structure exists to shield them from any kind of liability.
Sadly true. @@CyphDragon
@@SmallSpoonBrigade
Or WILL retire, before prosecution.
Corporations need to be taken apart.
It USED to be against the law to become a monopoly.
Now we have no idea "who" owns everything.
Hey wow! This lawsuit could be big news for the people of the US and possibly the world. Let's get these corporations! We'll go after Bayer next!
Sorry to tell you but nothing is going to happen to the oil companies. They own congress and the courts.
I like your enthusiasm, kid, keep it up! ✊🏻
No. We trust big pharma now, remember? Didn’t you get that memo during Covid? Us progressives and democrats have decided we trust big pharma again. Get your booster dude.
I grew up under the shadow of the Bayer logo. Now the plant is gone, the corporation is globalized. - I feel it. - The money is gone, too!
Don't forget Dupont !
The problem is even if they lose, they will just pass the buck down to the pumps, and we pay the price
“They” won’t pay for anything. “They” never do. Their customers will.
"in the late 80s early 90s something changes.."
Ronald. Reagan.
What he failed to mention is that he had the pyramid upside down just so he could call it trickle down economics instead of trickle up economics
He couldn't recall and Alzheimer disease made sure of that. Kind of a reap what you sow IMHO. m
Yeah I love how everybody likes to pretend that deregulation and privatization didn't happen in the 80s. I remember community hospitals where anybody in the town could go and get healthcare.
Yes, Ronald Reagan was part of the problem absolutely 100% but then again most politicians are dragged in, lobbying is that effective
Corruptions paying for the consequences of their actions should always be the cost of doing business.
So what happens when ExxonMobil shuts down?
What's the plan?
“All of us would like to believe that corporations do the right thing.” Said no one ever. We have always thought the opposite.
Conservatives think the government corrupts corporations, lol.
The number 1 culprit is the system. Sure, I commend these efforts to get the corporations to pay and hopefully be dismantled but capitalism - this system of unlimited growth on a limited planet - is ultimately what needs to be replaced.
Sorry. You have Drank the Kool aid. The entire Main Stream Narrative is Based Upon Nothing but Lies. OIL IS NOT A FOSSIL FUEL. Climate Change is a HOAX. California Wildfires were Intentionally Caused and the only Man Made Climate Change is Caused by Geo-Engineering Weather Modification. Big Oil is Owned by the very same Criminal Mega Corporations that are Pushing the Climate Hoax UN Agenda 2030. BlackRock, Vanguard and the Rothschild Banksters are calling the shots on every front. They are more than willing to sacrifice Big Oil. They are Intentionally Destroying it to prepare for the Great Reset. It is the Destruction of Western Civilization Itself that they are attempting to achieve. And Everything they are saying is BASED UPON LIES...
You are absolutely correct but the problem is no one wants to change their lifestyle or be inconvenienced. So if existing modern countries don't want to be inconvenienced and third world countries that are modernizing say you can't tell me I can't have what you have which I get but where does that leave us...on a collision course with the anthropecene
@@loopylynda1974WHAT?! This has nothing to do with what the PEOPLE want! Social psychology has shown how to get people to change and it's making EVERYONE CARRY THEIR FAIR SHARE of the burden! The problem is that when California is in a extreme drought only the areas where poor and middle class folks are left to turn ugly and brown but the fancy golf courses stay open and all the lawns in Bel air and Beverly hills stay lush and green and Nestle isn't forced to stop draining municipal lakes into water bottles. As long as it's only the people who must sell their labor to live are forced to carry the burden the public will reject it!
Yup that has been America's most brainless& dumbest fiscal model& theory ever since Nixon 🥴🤪🤡🤥 Yet Americans repeatedly approve of it+ vote for it by ever voting for, electing, donating to, helping to get elected/ reelected, revoting for , supporting/ reelecting any federalists, the right, the gop, republicans, libertarians, independents who lean conservative, evangelicals and or conservatives 🥴🤪🤡🤥🤯
@@loopylynda1974I’m pretty sure if the companies And corporations were bound with regulations to make them do the right thing, and DC weren’t crawling with lobbyists, the masses would love to work together to make this world’s future better instead of standing by while the elites flush it down the toilet. Ye have little faith!
We need to try and get their money to help retool our infrastructure.
We can't get off oil, or mostly off, by individual effort alone. Our current U.S. infrastructure forces petroleum use.
The hubris of thinking they can "pay" for the damage they've done is astounding...
Govt will never change. Money talks, and peasants like us suffer. But keep hammering them.
But sadly they own all the news channels, social media, and judges and senators.
So sadly all this will do nothing. But its good to educate people.
Tyvm
Government does not solve problems --- it subsidizes them. - Ronald Reagan December 11, 1972
Money only can talk because there are listeners...
We admire rich people, lately also criminals, so where is the real problem ?
Exxon has known since 1955 about this. They ignored it and tried to keep it under wraps.
"We're on it" - American Petroleum Institute
Sure, you and all 0.22 percent of your budget 🥴
Example 1,000,000,001 of "Money corrupts" and "the more money you have, the more greedy you will be." 😢
We need to tighten the regulations on corporations. They have to recognize that they have to operate in the public’s interest, not purely for profit.
That will be difficult if there are shareholders expecting a return on their investment.
Do you have a 401k or other retirement????
If they operated in your interests, they wouldn't operate.
Oh yes, more regulations will correct the situation. Why are the wildfires confined to California? Why if rising sea levels post an existential treat are not ocean front properties in Malibu, Miami, Martha’s Vineyard and other locations around world not plummeting? How do you arrive at an “average global temperature? How many data points does that take? At what elevation are the data collected? What about the effect of clouds on the data collection process? Trust the science - where have we heard this before? Oh yes, from our government mouthpiece who said that virus did not come out of a lab in Wuhan. Climate change exists and has existed long before the rise of industrialization and will continue long after we are gone. The green energy movement is about money, power and control. Follow the money and continued reduction in personal liberty.
I think that's about like the city wanting to put an ally way in your yard. Why would you do that if you wouldn't want it done to you?
IDEA FOR STORY: The hundreds of 'hidden remains' found recently in Southeastern city currently dealing with a drinking water crises. Tie in to the 'hidden remains' found in multiple pieces in another town in the same state.
And yet everyone in this video and everyone watching this video depends on the products that these companies provide for us.
Everything Is A Rich Man’s Trick
What about a poor magician?
Instead of a rabbit, they pulled poop out of their hat and died.
no mention of how its just a feature of capitalism that makes them behave this way
@mus A feedback loop ultimately caused by a psychological condition best called Wetiko disease.
"Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition” Alnoor Ladha, Martin Kirk.
And see process therapist Paul Levy’s brilliant but somewhat confused & repetitive writings on it.
Right, the socialist block of the Soviet Unions was renowned for their pristine environments
No thats greed, capitalism is just getting paid a fair price for your work.
@@mgreenesco9955 "capitalism is just getting a fair pay for your work", when was that ever happened, in the 18th or 19th centuries when industrial revolution started?! Or maybe later?!
Capitalism was invented by mobsters, to rob the workers and gain control over the the governments. Crony capitalism gave birth to your humanistic romanticized version of capitalism.
Tycoons or mobsters are the rulers of the capitalist governments and their policies since the beginning of industrial revolution.
Workers have paid with their blood, literally, to gain basic rights and privileges, or to have private properties, or to own houses or lands acquired with their salaries or their income.
Capitalism is a philosophy of a gangster life.
Climate change is a consequence of burning fossil fuels, not a lack of equity in wealth distribution.
Hey, Minnesota is doing a similar lawsuit against the petro companies, don't forget about us!
So what happens when gas hits $9.00 a gallon to pay for this ridiculous lawsuit?
Or better yet, they shut down oil production and sell to the Chinese?
So what's the plan genius?
When gas prices go up so does the cost of everything else.
I was born and grew up in paradise. many family members lost their houses. Unfortunately as a species I think we have just gotten worse at pollution every year. Now everyone treats politicians like it's their football team and there is no sign of anything getting better
And how many more people are living there now and destroying what was once paradise, but let's blame global warming or oil and gas. People and infrastructure are what has caused the destruction.
@@Hclann1 are you the final stupid boss or is there someone above you?
Don't let the politicians off the hook. They had independent scientists telling congress in the 80s that the climate crisis was real. They choose the more profitable path to listen to the ff industry
So we go after the existing oil companies & executives but what about the MFs who made their money & split & now have no accountability and no way to claw that money back to put it to fixing this dire situation.
They pay, and continue what they do, possibly rise prices to compensate.
Money fixes nothing, change of mindset has more chance.
Most important, change of customers mindset. Not everybody needs a bigger car than the neighbor.
Stop judging the worth of a human by their bank-account, and they have no more fun with their colorful papers.
And stop voting criminals into office.
When worker are class conscious enough to know that an organization of labor is needed in order to throw the capitalists out of the oil, auto, manufacturing and sector and claim it for themselves. On the other hand, a political party that backs the labor organization would be doing a system change in which a new government would be created.
Claiming it for the workers basically means the government buys out the shareholders and we elect the board of directors the way we elect senators, sort of. But it's better than a senator, cause we know what we vote on when we're electing the head of the US auto manufacturing industry, as opposed to senators who vote on EVERYTHING from social, to economic, to regulatory to foreign policy and it's luck of the draw who ends up on what committee. The system as it is is SO opaque it breeds corruption. We're not waging a war, and the only organization with the ability to manage and enforce this transfer is the federal government itself. Buy them out then sue them for crimes against humanity and c suite for treason. Clean it up correctly in a way that helps workers and instills faith in the justice system *AVOIDING a violent transfer of power while still offering restorative justice* ; we don't want things plunged into chaos by trying to create a new center of physical power. It starts with getting money out of elections, and we keep pushing for election reform until they're clean elections with incomes that pay enough they're incentivized to not risk employment (it's ridiculous to me that the most powerful politicians make pennies compared to CEO's based on their LEGAL income). Then we can start voting to delegate their powers away, once the elections are clean. We should probably push the big-tech anti-trust first, so we have better access to information and organization as a part of our preparation for governmental reform. But yeah, I really like the idea of getting rid of or seriously limiting congress and the senate's power, and having state ownership of anything considered a utility or infrastructure, and electing their board based on federal court districts (for national utilities like electric, telecom, interstate transit infrastructure, and big tech). And then IDK how I'd make the smaller districts for water, IDK if I'd change it, aren't water commissioners elected usually? State governments should reform similarly, the state does more than settle land disputes, lol. You don't grow your own medicine like they did back in the 1800's. Division of labor and all that.
@@Pistolita221 I just cannot agree. Socialism is when the workers collectively own the means of production and distribution and nothing short of that. The socialist government does not buy out the shareholders. It takes capitalist private property and nationalizes it. I don't subscribe to revisionism of reforms towards socialism. Power to the workers when they organize politically and economically. That is the actual two edge sword to defeat capitalism.
@@JohnT.4321 "Socialism is when the workers collectively own the means of production"
What about my end goal was not collective ownership? lmao.
"The socialist government does not buy out the shareholders."
Yes, they can. That is the most peaceful way to seize the means of production. How do you intend to take it from them, otherwise? With force? You're going to violently overthrow the US government? Good luck with that one, bruv.
"It takes capitalist private property and nationalizes it."
What about my plan didn't do this? Is it missing some Maoism or Leninism, to kill off the doctors? What plan do you even have which actively denies Marx's theory on the division of labor? Doctors are better at being doctors, they don't need to farm.
"Power to the workers when they organize politically and economically."
How do you plan to organize? Through what group do you intend to congregate under and to what SPECIFIC POLICY GOALS do you have? How do you expect to get them into law, be it this government or the new one once you overthrow the US military and intelligence apparatuses? How do you intend to organize in a way that doesn't allow the movement to be fractured and destroyed like the hippies, civil rights activists, punks, gangs, etc.? Assuming you can answer that, what's your battle plan to take the nation? What materials do you need, how long will it take, what are some primary objectives? Lmao, or is this 'glorious revolution' too real for you now?
"That is the actual two edge sword to defeat capitalism."
Ugh, I don't even think you have any concepts on how a post scarcity society would ACTUALLY function, let alone a totally command economy. Complete command economics is terrible. It has never worked and I really can't imagine it working, especially not jumping from Roman/English/American legal structure, skipping post scarcity, and going STRAIGHT to total command. No one knows how to do that equitably, and in the past it has lead to some of the worst authoritarianism in recent history.
Try outlining some policy solutions instead of saying "that's not socialist enough", if you can. But I know a lot of trendy leftists think economics and logistics management is bourgeoise decadence.
@@Pistolita221 You should know that the capitalist class will never willfully give up their power peacefully. That is a Lenin quote. However, you think the peaceful settlement of disputes under the current system as a possibility. I understand this clearly. It may have been very possible in the early 20th century to settle the social question (the transfer of power to the working class) peacefully. The current government is corrupt beyond redemption and to settle the social question will not happen through the ballot and Third Parties are blocked through legal action of many hoops to jump through or blatantly kicked off the ballot.
The means towards worker ownership is very simple but non existent at this time though there is a remnant of a concept that the American socialist Daniel De Leon came up with to what would work which people need to be educated on. It does not have to violent as you imagine me thinking it as such. The concept of Socialist Industrial Unionism (SIU) has to be taught to the working class as the organization and foundation of workers collective ownership. The education could unite every trade and social service unions into a SIU which give workers the collective ability to take over every industry and service. This is neither Soviet or Maoist as you feel the need to infer. This is about the working class and the political aspect is just a means to the end. The SIU is separate from the political government though the political government has to protect the new society from reactionaries who would, through various and violent means, want a return to capitalism.
On the other hand, the workers will need a political party that backs the SIU. the education of workers has to include socialist politics. When the SIU has the numbers nationally, then the peaceful settlement of disputes can be presented backed by the ballot. Historically speaking, slaveowners were never compensated when they lost their private property so why should exploitive shareholders? If and when there is a socialist government, the signal would be sent to the SIU to lock out the capitalists from every industry and the police and military would be politically held back. The reconstruction of society would begin to transform it into a cooperative commonwealth and central planning would be created by the SIU as an Industrial Congress of Labor. Politician cannot actually run the economic well being of a country and it would be better if the working class has that responsibility since they already do that function under capitalism.
@@Pistolita221 "Claiming it for the workers basically means the government buys out the shareholders"
We have no need to do that. You know who we did that for essentially? Slave owners. We do not and should not reward these people in any way.
"How do you intend to take it from them, otherwise? With force? You're going to violently overthrow the US government? Good luck with that one, bruv."
So its either buy it all out and keep them insanely wealthy, or toppling the US government. Those are the only two options to you? The only ways we can do it?
However, the US government does not to be eliminated. The US as a political project must come to an end. We have been doing genocide for centuries against so many cultures, there is no other way than complete elimination of our government.
"we elect the board of directors the way we elect senators"
We could try out worker councils instead. It can all be made way more democratic for everyone instead of keeping this shit "representative democracy" but slightly different. We could look at indiginous cultures and try to learn from them on governance. That would probably be a very good idea.
"Clean it up correctly in a way that helps workers and instills faith in the justice system AVOIDING a violent transfer of power while still offering restorative justice "
You can not clean up the capitalist system. You cent just vote socialists in and then that's it. That's not how systemic change works. No one should have faith in the justice system for there was never any reason to have faith in it in the first place. The justice system continues to be a part in the oppression of the natives.
1"ow do you plan to organize? Through what group do you intend to congregate under and to what SPECIFIC POLICY GOALS do you have?"
Have you ever heard of unions? They have a very socialist history, and they used to have massive political power.
And asking a single person what their goals are is pointless. This is a COLLECTIVE effort. We all work on the goals together.
"How do you intend to organize in a way that doesn't allow the movement to be fractured and destroyed like the hippies, civil rights activists, punks, gangs, etc.? Assuming you can answer that, what's your battle plan to take the nation? What materials do you need, how long will it take, what are some primary objectives?"
These are ridiculous questions to ask a singular person. Not any one person can ever answer these. It doesnt work that way. ITS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. You seem to think you have some gotcha, but you dont. You're just being intellectually dishonest.
"Lmao, or is this 'glorious revolution' too real for you now?"
And this right here proves that. You are an intellectually dishonest person. Please do better and act more like an adult.
"Ugh, I don't even think you have any concepts on how a post scarcity society would ACTUALLY function"
We already live in a post scarcity society, and again, a singular person does not need to know how a post scarcity society works. Its a COLLECTIVE effort. We all figure it out together.
"let alone a totally command economy. Complete command economics is terrible."
No one brought up a command economy besides you. And yes, they have worked. Corporations use very similar models that the USSR did, they just now have the advantage of powerful computers to help, which is what the USSR needed.
And yes, they are terrible, but no where as bad as free market economics. And again, you're the one who brought up command economies so you could argue against them, More intellectual dishonesty
" No one knows how to do that equitably, and in the past it has lead to some of the worst authoritarianism in recent history."
Yeah, thats why we all work COLLECTIVLEY to figure it out.
And the worst authoritarianism came from capitalism.
"Try outlining some policy solutions"
Try acting like an adult first
"But I know a lot of trendy leftists think economics and logistics management is bourgeoise decadence."
You clearly know nothing about leftists. You sound like you have gobbled up a shit ton of capitalist propaganda and have yet to deprogram yourself.
This is a very well-considered and edited production on what is probably the most important issue of our (and the planet's) time. Thank you for the effort, and for the clarity you provide for the biggest threat to our world and for the resolution you outline to this seemingly never-ending oil industry travesty.
I like the way the narrator mentions that the money from the tobacco industry went to the state who didn't necessarily use that money to promote tobacco education or give aid/compensation to the victims of smoking. state's sue for their own benefit and what happens with that money only the civil service knows.
As long as there's personal gain in the short term, human kind's and Earth's gain in the long term will always play second fiddle. 😢
The earth has found a way to regenerate itself more than a few times already. Who knows maybe dinosaurs will again rule the planet.
Why are we not talking about the role played by agriculture in climate change?
Sure, it makes no sense to stop farming to avoid warming the planet, but these food companies put early "expiration labels" on their packaging that mislead customers into throwing them away, so that we buy more of their products.
Wish more media outlets would teach their audiences about the differences between Best-if-used-by and used-by dates.
In addition lowering greenhouse gases, it should also help fight inflation.
Disposable capitalism is a separate can of worms and goes far deeper than just farming. The extent of waste in the name of increased profit is frankly disturbing. Products are discarded for damaged packaging, for arbitrary dates, and simply just to control the supply to increase the value of the remainder.
We need laws to punish excessive wastefulness or a means to distribute products that would otherwise be discarded.
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Would be great if we passed a Right to Repair law.
Could reduce a lot of eWaste.
Add the big price-gouging supermarket chains to the pile. Here in Australia the farmers sell the meat 60% cheaper than the last year but it somehow ends up being 3-5 times more expensive on their shelves. It's like kick in the guts while you are down.
Home insurance companies should be pissed and scared about this
Corporations should be the servants of the people. Instead, corporations are becoming the people's masters.
That has always been that way. Corporations, and the wealthy elites, control government as well.
Always have been
They are people lol, or so they are according to the law
They are servants of the people. If you don't like what they're selling, take your business down the street.
@@montezuma6962 Can't. Corporate landthief bought the whole street.
Things might have been so different if Gore had been elected in 2000 instead of Bush. History turns on such small things.
Now we are another juncture. Electing Trump or any Republican would ensure that we continue to ignore climate change and things will only get worse, a lot worse. Or we could choose Biden - who at the very least is trying to move us in the right direction. But we also need a democratic majority in both houses that can get things done.
Gore and the Dems should have been much more aggressive in challenging the presidential election results back in 2000. Notwithstanding the 9/11 attacks, would we have started the 20 year long occupation in Afghanistan & Iraq, and avoided the trillions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost had Gore prevailed?
In my opinion, all oil companies should be nationalized and all 100% of their profits invested into clean energy, electrification, and R&D.
Energy entirely needs to be government owned. F the Edison Electric's of the world. We should also elect the board of directors of the companies once they're nationalized, so they're accountable to the people AND we're not voting on people who have to understand how the corporation functions, board members steer the ship towards outcomes. We have 13 supreme court districts, let's just use those as board seat districts.
If nationalized it's also very important that these companies are controlled democratically. It's no good if control can just be seized again by the next would be dictator.
@@BetaKeja We should elect the board of directors of nationalized corporations with nation-wide service, via federal court districts. 13 federal court districts, means 13 board members. I think a 4-8 year terms seems best, cause infrastructure takes time to be built and be properly normalized into the system. I don't like the idea of term limits personally, I think the bar should be raised each election, though. Meaning you need 60% to win your 3rd term, and it increases by x% (my guess would be about 5% increase, but it's just a conversation starter, really) until you reach the percentage cap we decide upon, I think somewhere between 75% and 90% for a 10x incumbent to win sounds reasonable. Not technically impossible to win, but unlikely, to encourage new thinking in our systemic management. I have lots of ideas on election and general systemic reform.
Why should we allow at&t and other ISP's to be publicly traded so hostile foreign powers can buy influence? It's a national security issue. It's also a personal freedoms issue. Your ISP has a legal duty to make money when they're publicly traded, they have a legal obligation to the constitution and therefor free speech if they are federally owned. And, it'd be good for the economy. And for the individual, in a humanitarian way, but most conservatives don't care about the humanitarian argument, so I don't use it very often.
@@BetaKejait would have to be heavily protected and understood why it needs to be done that way, yeah. In this current political climate I don't see that happening.
We did it before like the Tennessee Valley Authority was a FDR Government and worked great. But Republicans screamed socialism and want to privatize every thing critical to the public like schools, public utilities, the Post Office, libraries…
this is honestly infuriating, the people in power have knowns this for decades and have sat idly taking bribes.
Ok, let's say NY and California win billions.
So what are the unintended consequences,??
The cost is passed on to the consumer and gas is $8.99 a gallon,?
Well, what's the cost to transport goods and how will that impact food prices?
You think food is expensive now,???
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humanity needs to downsize, simple, we cannot justify destroying the planet just for our own comfort, it's home to billions of other organisms and we definitely are not the most important by any means.@@youtubesucks1499
also food price to consumer isnt an issue if u take away the profit incentive
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After becoming an opiate addict due partially to corporate crime, I exercise each morning with my GSD. It has kept me clean now for over five years. On our morning run all it takes is one diesel truck or car for me to feel like my lungs are collapsing. By going outside and exercising it's like I have become a smoker.
People are so in love with their gas guzzlers, and have to work excessive hours to keep them, they don't realize they are slaves.
I find it frustrating that I have to own a car just to get to work everyday. I much rather use public transportation if it was available where I live
Only in the US could Mammon's fuglier child than greed exist, the Prosperity Gospel...
No offense is meant here, really, but what the hell are you trying to say? I get that your from one of the religious cults but what is a mammon? What do you mean by fuglier? Is this talking when someone is hyped up and they spout gibberish? If you can spare the time to answer my questions I would appreciate it, if I have offended or you're too busy then sorry and don't worry, I'll get by. Cheers mate.
Mammon refers to money, material gain, or any entity that promises wealth, and is associated with the greedy pursuit of gain. Jesus is quoted in Matthew and Luke stating "You cannot serve both God and mammon"
Mammon is often personified as a demon. It may be mythology but it's not gibberish. I personally feel that a few of those "prosperity preachers" actually are demons. There's an interview with Kenneth Copeland floating around RUclips where he almost let the mask slip🤐
Crazy how little viewership this video has
This video has such few views because those big corporations, and all the others responsible for the messes / problems, are master of manipulation. So they use various distraction techniques to keep the public's mind off the messes / problems they create, so that they can continue to go on raping the planet & screwing the public, in order to fatten their bank accounts / wallets / pocketbooks / etc ... Unfortunately, most of the public falls for their manipulative tactics & practices, as they are either: too dumb / stupid, too brain dead / brainwashed / mind controlled, too drugged up (both legal & illegal), too sexed up, or just plain don't give a crap.
Directly from Big Tobacco's playbook
also from their staff, since half the executives are literally the same people to a person.
I'm going to go out on a limb and theorize that Chuck hagel didn't just know that they were lying but his bank account was also fatter for it.
And SCOTUS is about to make it worse with roll backs on the EPA!
It's an atrocity, a crime against humanity. There should absolutely be accountability for their actions. They could have innovated decades ago, but they chose not to. Malicious intent is very clear in everything they've done. This is beyond civil liability - this is criminal in the damage they've done.
We have all participated in this. We had mutual funds, 401ks etc that heavily invested in these companies. We are not innocent.
My greatest concern is how to recover from all these economic and global troubles and stay afloat especially with the political power tussle going on in US. The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance
The wisest thought that is in everyone's minds today is to invest in different income flows that do not depend on the government, especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a good time to invest in gold, silver and digital currencies (BTC, ETH...stock,silver and gold)
Even with the bad economic, My life has totally changed since started with $3,000 and now I make $68,700 every 14days for the past 3 months, I can afford any car or house of my choice right now and I don't need to worry about my retirement. ...God bless
@@TextgabbyOh, so you want this world to have _more_ financial predators?
Take your far-right BS elsewhere.
So much pains in my heart due to so many debts. How can I go about it ! I would really appreciate if you show me how to go about it. Please what crypto should I buy, how can I do it?
I'm from Florida, how can I get in touch with mrs Eleanor nelson?
Wage theft also
Those that are destroying the planet spend more on PR than they do to mitigate the damage they cause. #ProfitOverPeople
Capital begets more capital.
And the fossil fuel industry wants to keep producing and selling fossil fuels come hell (global warming) or high water (sea level rise).
Climate change is natural. The earth is billions of years old. How arrogant to think that were actually changing the climate in 200 years. C02 is plant food. This is the biggest hoax of our generation.
If they have to pay the board will just liquidate the business, fire the workers and go on to live comfortably as millionaires. Companies aren't people, we have to make the board of directors personnaly responsible and make sure they will live out their lives on a $60 a week budget doing community service.
I would like to see something on the fashion and make-up industry. Especially the fashion and the amount of waste generated by the industry.
@an Off-topic but
"Fast Fashion Is Hot Garbage" | Climate Town
My city just hit a record high of 60F in January!! I assume that means another summer of record highs that will require me to run two air conditioners instead of one, which just ads to the problem. I am so angry at politicians that have allowed the oil industry to get us to record high temps! So summers are going to be miserable from now on.😠
In South Florida, we experienced temperatures in the high 80's in mid- January. Sure, the tourists were delighted! I shudder to think what the summer has in store the year. 🥵🔥🌡️
"The pillars of Western civilization are
cheap energy,
meritocracy,
Law and Order, and
free speech.
All four of those pillars are currently under attack."
Carlson
So much misery caused in the name of profit, thank you capitalism. What I don't get is why capitalism is still praised as the end all be all of economics, when it's going to cause us to destroy ourselves before we can really learn who and what we are and why we are here.
It's very simple - the people that capitalism is good for - the owner class - own and control all the media in our country, and in large swaths of the world. Through that, the convince the poorly educated to vote against their own best interests, and to constantly attack the education system so their lies are covered up by American mythology.
Because either people utterly just refuse to learn or maybe people are just that brainless/ dumb 🥴🤪🤡🤥🤔
Yes.... The ex presidents reelection means my death and so......
I'm going to get prepared to flee, seek asylum. Not easy, though.
It is a crime but it is more than that. In 1959 Teller outlined for fossil fuel executives the outline of climate change. However, the was a bigger problem: global thermonuclear war. The reality is that only one threat will be dealt with. That is the number one threat. In 1959, that was GTW. Climate change needs the same level of commitment and now we have to get on in.
I am so confused with california, on some issues i‘m like YES YES PLEASE YES, but then i look at the Crime or homelesness and i‘m like „Come on guys it‘s such Basic stuff“…
It would have great if you had been able to mention how much these companies have received in subsidies, how much they have donated to the campaign funds of various candidates at Sate and National levels.
Government does not solve problems --- it subsidizes them. - Ronald Reagan December 11, 1972
And none of the executives in charge of those companies in the 70's and 80's will have any accountability. They and their families won.
I recall no accountability for the greed-fueled subprime loans and reckless lending by bankers that led to the 2008 financial crisis. Who went to prison?
Climate Change does not discriminate borders, for every child who has died from dehydration in this world because water costs more than gold, for every person who lost their home and community because of rising waters, for all the climate refugees.
More must be done for the people of this world and make these companies pay.
the only thing that would rival this would be major mining companies, particularly gold companies. and maybe monoculture farming in the amazon region and indonesia.
Should've mentioned Chevron vs. Donzinger
Very weak
Wildfires in California are growing more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population and greater electricity transmission and distribution lines.[
3:25 "we as well as thousands of others" sir you mean billion, right? It affects all of us.
The greed of corporations
that's what happens when you base a system on capitalism, it can only ever end that way.
@@kylezo communism doesnt work in real life its never worked you want that system ask north korea or the people of the soviet union how that went for them id rather be in a capitalist system then one that you want
Right on point! (You should excuse the pun!) Twenty first century Big Oil is doing exactly what twentieth century Big Tobacco did... Digging their heels in with claims of "uncertain science...
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Do one on animal agriculture. They are responsible for deforestation, water contamination, antibiotic resistance, zoonotic diseases and ghg emissions. Changing what we eat is just as important as changing our energy sources
you will not get people to stop eating animals just like oil is not going away you tree lovers are all the same just deal with the changing environment dont live in a desert or by the ocean simple solution just deal with it karin
Right now there are protests in Germany, because the government intends to eliminate oil subsidies for agriculture (while private German companies become millionaires with war contracts)
One thing that is rarely discussed about resource extraction, is why do we let these corporations have these resources for almost nothing.
"Climate policy is for congress to decide, not the court system, since we've got every politician on the payroll and haven't gotten to the judges yet" 🥴
lmao, you're trolling.
LOL, they have bought the Supreme Court now. Congress already passed laws they have broken.
Oil is what wars are fought for
The oil must flow
They will probably get a slap on the wrist unfortunately if looking at the history of these types lawsuits.
I’m inclined to quote from “smelter blues”:
“…black smoke come a-choking,
Black-cloth a-coming steady, (represents wealth and power)
Give me a smelter,
Give me a smelter…”
Note: this fictional situation is one where *reality is utterly overwhelmed by ideology* - destruction for its own sake - much as it is with these companies.
Most companies biggest asset is the gullibility of the public.
If anybody can afford to pay for the damage big oil has done to this country, it's big oil.
Great work as always!
I would love to see a law passed that forbids ANY business that receives taxpayer money from lobbying.
I don't think too much about the miscarriages of elections and lies about climate change.
When I do think about them I could cry forever.
15:26 my idea isn’t to pay out individuals - it’s to apply it to fixing the problems we all share. Air quality, the now snow melt in the sierras for the watersheds, the bacteria/algae blooms in your watershed, farming is going bust and that’s 1/3 of our nations food supply. The dying bee and bird probably the fish too population. How’s that lake Meade and Colorado river situation? What’s up with homeowners insurance? Housing supply? Because fire victims go to homeless shelters if there’s room there.
Excellent piece.
For anyone who mistakenly thought our problems had anything to do with geoengineering, now you know the truth.
Sincerely, The Bankers
*Nice mainstream (acceptable) opposition piece.
Mistaken? Lol, yeah, right! 😂 Just look up and count how many planes leave trails, and how few trails there are, compared with how many planes fly daily. Hmm, 🤔, the numbers don't add up. Neither does blaming, the changes in the weather and our environment, on one of the most important molecules in life and without it, we'd have no plants or food growing. Yes, it all makes perfect sense now! 👌 🤪 🤯
A shining example of how sociopathic some of the richest and most successful people actually are. They couldn't possibly make all that money being decent people with a moral compass
The gulf states also need to be held accountable.
Also go after the shareholders. They determined the company's strategy which was(is) based on maximizing profits at all cost.
Kind of insane how we got Bush instead of Gore. Wonder how different things would look
The cheapest sequestration is the oil we don’t burn. Zooming laws determine in large measure the oil we burn.