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Re:Shell Using Fortnite, TikTok, etc. to Convince Kids Fossi... by indigo0086 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:08AM (#37801824)
You'll never get what you need for EVs without child labor or extremely unhealthy work conditions. Roughnecks and engineers happily go to work to drill for the oil that runs society
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Re:Shell Using Fortnite, TikTok, etc. to Convince Kids Fossi... by dottjt on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:28AM (#37801980)
That's one very specific example, to a few very specific countries at best.

On the contrary, oil is what's primarily funding the invasion of Ukraine. Think of all the people being killed as a result of that conflict. Or for the civil wars that oil ends up creating i.e. Sudan.

I think ultimately the point is that the 3rd world always loses in the end. They're the ones who suffer most from the ambitions of Western nations, irrespective of their intentions.

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