• inari@piefed.zip
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    Not to downplay this, but so is Brazilian beef, which most people seem happy to turn a blind eye to

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    I am not so much pissed at these companies than I am at corrupt shithead governments that allow the countries they are sworn to protect to be exploited. They fuck their and to some degree the future of the whole planet over for short term gains.

    Yes, it’s a systemic fault of our western countries to exploit others. But ultimately our western systems only work because corrupt shitheads in other words countries allow the exploitation.

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    1 day ago

    Article should be like…

    Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands

    Aspiring to reach way down to the lowest bar, Ford and Tesla are doing Volkswagen things. But a spokesperson from VW pointed out every other impact the corporation has had on the environment in the last three decades, stating, “Halt mal mein Bier.”