[andrekandre]

its not shocking to me; in the end, those with capital get their way... whatever we all democracy nowadays has been lobbied and electioneered-by-money to hell and back with no end in sight

[insane_dreamer]

yeah, it's the way of the world these days

but what's surprising is the speed at which we collectively "forgot" that we are facing an potentially existential crisis. it wasn't long ago that Google had its emissions mitigation progress in the footer of its home page, it's been replaced with a "use our AI" link

[andrekandre]

the news cycle has accelerated more and more over the years, and now peoples attention span is basically at the level of earthworms...

i feel like mchluhan (medium is the message) and guy debord (society of the spectacle) were so prescient...