cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53465227

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[–] 86 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] 68 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How do you write an article like that and then just like... keep breathing... as if you're a human being deserving of living or something?

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  • [–] 33 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    The New York Times and other traditional papers have a tendency to write headlines like that in order to attract attention. When you read it, nine times out of ten you realise they're not actually endorsing it and the article itself presents a much more reasonable take on it.

    Newspapers editors write this stuff with the assumption that you will read it, not just screenshot it and post it online. Maybe that's not a good assumption in the age of short attention spans, but it's what they do.

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  • [+] 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    We should go the other direction. Let Canada take over the Northern US; states like Michigan and Wisconsin are basically Canada already (at least parts of them).

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    Just take over every bordering state, and any state that would be cut off from the rest of the US due to such a move (e.g. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island).

    And every time Trump threatens Canada once again, just repeat the process - excluding DC of course.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    That shit is old, but real, damn I hate this timeline https://nyti.ms/2NNr2Nq

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    “Successful” capitalists only see investment opportunities because they literally have nothing to fear. The water shortages won’t materially affect them so they just see a new market as a game to be won.

    It’s going to be much too late when the populace wakes up to the reality that the only way things get better for them is if things get a lot worse for the oligarchs.

    We’re cattle and chattel. Until we decide otherwise.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago

    Watch "Extrapolations" (pirate it so you don't give CrApple money). It's a quite sober take on what could happen if we continue with business as usual.

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    Which is why billionaire T. Boone Pickens bought a ton of water rights back in the 90s and early 2000s. NY Times late to the party as usual.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago

    When life gives you lemons, make shareholder value!

    And next quarter, make MORE!

    And don't think I won't lay all you useless lemon handling morons off in a second if you miss Q3 revenue targets!

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  • America loves to create problems and then sell solutions. I hate it here, thanks.

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    Shareholders are the real problem.

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