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2 points

6 months ago

I don’t know… oil companies piss off lots of people when they cause oil spills…and yet they’re rolling in profits day in and day out.

Maybe these protesters are trying imitate how oil companies behave since its works so well for them?

Damage the environment and make money if your an oil CEO. Temporarily color stone henge with zero damage and everyone loses their minds. Kinda backwards if you ask me.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world

1 point

6 months ago

It works for them because they have trillions of dollars at their disposal. The activists do not.

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2 points

6 months ago

But you asked how pissing people off has ever convinced anyone of anything. Oil companies successfully do it all the time. Or any muilti billion dollar industry really.

I’m fully aware that money is the difference, and that’s exactly why we shouldn’t be shitting on the protesters.

We should be asking ourselves why it makes us so angry when protesters cause “damage” but dont have the same reaction to oil companies causing way more damage for profit. Human psychology is interesting.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world

1 point

6 months ago

I’m not seeing oil companies convincing lots of people that they’re benevolent when they do bad things. Especially not after an oil spill. So your claim that that’s what they’re doing doesn’t make much sense to me.

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2 points

6 months ago

They convince people we need their product despite the damage they cause. They still get investors and convince them their company is profitable. They spend billions of dollars lobbying against alternative energy sources like solar, nuclear, and wind… convincing people they aren’t as viable as oil…when some already are and others could be with more R&D. They convince governments to allow for more oil drilling sites, despite the environmental risks.
They do A LOT convincing all the time.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world

1 point

6 months ago

They don’t convince people we need their product. We don’t have a choice but use their product. I don’t make ICEs cheaper than EVs. I don’t get to choose what my power company decides to use to generate electricity. I don’t get to tell corporations across the business spectrum not to use plastic.

Those are not choices I get to make. Or you.

Also, it’s interesting how you skipped from people to governments as if there’s no difference.

I’m not sure why you think any significant number of people like oil companies. Do you have any hard data to support that or is it just this sort of conjecture?

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1 point

6 months ago

Have you seen people coal rolling? I see it all the time. I get the feeling they love oil companies. People who buy huge, gas guzzling SUVs and oversized trucks they dont need dont seem to have an issue with them. Also governments are made up of people… often elected officials that were VOTED for. I’m not saying everyone loves oil companies. But they convince enough people to like them enough to keep making money.
And that lobbying I mentioned earlier? Yeah, that’s what keeps the rest of us locked into using their products whether we want to or not. They convinced someone, somewhere to stifle competition like EVs.

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