Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island.

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    1 year ago

    The goal of pure capitalism is to extract as much wealth for yourself and shareholders as you possibly can, as fast as you possibly can. The consequences of that are to be the most successful, you’re pushed into making selfish decisions, ones that benefit you to the detriment of others. What we have in the world now is that taken to the extreme. Oil companies don’t give a fuck if global warming is killing the planet, they’re making money now. Industrial farms don’t care if the rain forests die, they need that land to sell crops. Fishing operations don’t care if entire species are going extinct, they need to catch more to make more. Companies don’t worry about long term problems because they don’t show up on a quarterly balance sheet, and they need to show growth for their investors or they’ll go under.