I bet it was the guy that had to inflate it.

“Fuck this shit,” was heard shortly before the disappearance.

Currahee!

A primary function of Capitalism is to concentrate wealth. Preferably in as few hands as possible. Regulation is required to keep that from happening, particularly to such extents that cash/speech proxy crosses the threshold beyond which private citizens are no longer bound by State controls.

We probably blew through that tipping point sometime in 2012-2016, so now the train is off the tracks.

Exactly what I was thinking.

I remember how GM did fuckall in the 90s while Honda and Toyota and even Hyundai ate their lunch.

The cost is to the whole world, because they consume enormous amounts of energy and produce essentially nothing. Like bitcoin miners.

Which means they’re adding profit margin to the otherwise zero marginal cost of said information good.

MIT releases financials and endowment figures for 2024:

The Institute’s pooled investments returned 8.9 percent last year; endowment stands at $24.6 billion

I think that was their point

“Generation Me” will never cop to their culpability. They’re narcissists, ie to admit being wrong now would absolutely crumple their sense of identity. And we all know Boomers #1 rule is looking out for numero uno.

I’m not saying all Boomers are Captain Planet villains…but all Captain Planet villains were definitely Boomers.

If it helps to assuage your guilt at all, we have been living, inundated with corporate propaganda, for all our lives.

“Carbon footprint” is a great example; it’s a Corporate guilt trip.

https://interestingengineering.com/culture/carbon-footprint-coined-by-big-oil-to-blame-you-for-climate-change

That’s all of us unless you’re an executive in a multinational corp, or work for the oil and gas industry.

We’ve all been ramrodded into this reality by a handful of giant Corporations, over the last 100 years.

News media is highly produced. I’d have a harder time believing these words aren’t being carefully chosen for their impact.

Not yet anyway

Deep Water Horizon chuckles

If we are a society that believes in the individual’s right to choose, what could be a more fundamental choice than to welcome or decline existence?

Same with movies. LOTR is almost 25 years old and still looks great.

The late 90s dvd versions are gold.

Is joke. Joke is acceptable.

Not sure what happened midway through this example, but the nudity may settle my remaining questions.

Also, buy physical media. You don’t own digital movies without the file; you’re just given access to them.