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KurtNYC

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30. Idiocracy is profound because it is so close to the way we live now.

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Sat Oct 4, 2014, 10:46 PM

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Incredible photos show mountains of plastic bottles washed up on idyllic honeymoon islands [View all] arcane1 Oct 2014 OP

KnR. nt tblue37 Oct 2014 #1

That is disgusting, horrifying and WRONG. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #2

Behold; the landscape of capitalism Scootaloo Oct 2014 #3

The landscape of communism looked even worse. EX500rider Oct 2014 #14

At least just as bad anyway. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #19

Let me know when the West starts abandoning nuclear subs... EX500rider Oct 2014 #31

So the landscape of capitalism is all good then. truebluegreen Oct 2014 #36

Which economic system is it again that has no waste products? EX500rider Oct 2014 #37

See post#36 truebluegreen Oct 2014 #38

And i repeat: Which economic system is it again that has no waste products? EX500rider Oct 2014 #39

crapitalism, or amerikanism. pansypoo53219 Oct 2014 #29

Wow. TeeYiYi Oct 2014 #4

The bottles have not been washed up into mountains, that is the municipal trash island collection. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #5

Correct. The headline is overly dramatic, though some still washes up. arcane1 Oct 2014 #6

Yup! And it's the Daily Mail. longship Oct 2014 #9

Trash coldbeer Oct 2014 #10

This tabbycat31 Oct 2014 #17

Those could be scenes from Idiocracy... hunter Oct 2014 #7

Idiocracy is profound because it is so close to the way we live now. KurtNYC Oct 2014 #30

Its a shame those countries over there litter like that FreakinDJ Oct 2014 #8

This is so incredibly Sad blondie58 Oct 2014 #16

It might have been shipped from the US - but it was dumped there FreakinDJ Oct 2014 #28

I wonder if anyone has thought of maybe yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #11

That is an interesting thought...hmm... Hestia Oct 2014 #20

That is what I was thinking. The photos almost make it look like it is already sorted trash, logosoco Oct 2014 #42

Sadly not unusual ramapo Oct 2014 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Nay Oct 2014 #32

Brazil is the same way. We went on a half-day boat cruise among some small Nay Oct 2014 #33

Alison Teal?!?!?! DFW Oct 2014 #13

I understand if you have personal experience with this photo... KoKo Oct 2014 #26

We had a surf spot on Oahu that we called Flies. (for the obvious reason) panader0 Oct 2014 #40

Scary stuff DFW Oct 2014 #41

what bullshit. mopinko Oct 2014 #15

Yeah, the headline sucked. Daily Mail after all. arcane1 Oct 2014 #21

What's the elevation of that atoll? It wouldn't take much to wash the dump away. ffr Oct 2014 #23

Oh sweet mother of god MissDeeds Oct 2014 #18

One good storm away from reality. ffr Oct 2014 #24

The Human race will drown in its own filth workinclasszero Oct 2014 #22

Well..Trash and Climate Change due to our Waste will affect both KoKo Oct 2014 #25

Plastic, another product of fossil fuels fouling our planet. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #27

... SammyWinstonJack Oct 2014 #34

wow. scary and sad Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 #35