Why on earth is our government continuing to pour money into companies actively accelerating climate change? Is the boreal forest NOT on fire ENOUGH for them?!?
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2026
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why on earth
Maybe because the people at the top don't care about these problems?
As I watch the continued development of industries that are environment-destroying, the military buildups, the deployment of surveillance and developing potential worker-replacement tools, the destruction of social safety nets, etc. I have to wonder, why? In the past it felt like people had ideological or profit motives driving this behaviour at the top, and you'd get a little of this, a little of that, get away with what they could. This seems so coordinated and blatant in the face of environmental breakdown, societal distinction, the the kind of poly crisis that in the past would have spurred more regulations, more caution, more contrition.
Rightly or wrongly it feels like the behaviour we see is from people who believe they can do these things because the problems don't matter. Society will break down into feudal fascist states, the environment will crumble, and population will need to be controlled. If you believe this outcome is inevitable or desirable, then putting effort into fixing climate crises, strengthening democracy, or addressing societal inequity is just a waste of time or even counter to your goals.
I feel they would rather us slowly starve to death, or aphixiated by smoke, in small manageable packets than be roused all at once to action. All hail netflix and doordash, the bane of revolution!
And don't think I ascribe any higher status to myself. I am only another fool shouting into the wind, paralyzed, and unable to gather the mental resources to act.
Some do act, I think, build revolution, and fight their way out of comfort to face the hard shapes of reality where the battle must be taken, but I cannot imagine such a person. What do they feel? How were they raised to be this way?
We need sovereign internet access for Canada. Without these launches, the only other alternative is Starlink, which is more money to Musk.
Unfortunately if you want to launch stuff into space you're kinda in a tough spot at the moment. The only companies that have a significant number of commercial launches available are run by rich assholes happy enough to watch the world burn while claiming stupid crap like "if we had more kids there'd be more firefighters to fight the fires we're accelerating/people to feed into some techno-feudal solution".
I hear that, I'm just so sick of headlines that are the equivalent of "Canadian government signs ANOTHER years long contract with people who are destroying the planet". Reminds me of F9 where the guy is stuck between 2 rocks and a landmine.