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flvegan

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20. Selfishness and hypocrisy on the part of individuals, actually.

Sun May 17, 2026, 11:35 AM

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To be clear, "greed and billionaires" certainly play their part. However, every single person* could make choices that collectively would greatly reduce the three things mentioned in the OP without invoking Elon Musk's Magic Checkbook. They simply choose not to. I could state the obvious, but I won't. Because it's obvious.

I'll say it again: they simply choose not to.

*Medically, financially and geographically excused notwithstanding.

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