I remeber when in the 1990's scientist predicted more intense weather if

[Stargazer99]

we didn't take steps to deal with climate warming. All you idiot cons said that was not real. 6 ft of snow in New York, Florida flooding, etc proves you different. The big money and corps did not want to do anything because it would affect their profits and like trained monkeys you bought it. Texas that has privately owned electrical service killed several people a few years ago because they did not want to spend the money to deal with weather problems and wanted profits to the owners. Just how dense can you get? It doesn't matter that people have died as long as you get your privately owned profits. As far as I am concerned you are evil...to kill a human for your profits is evil. Yet there are enough trained monkeys to ensure the same stupid system survives. Just because it wasn't a gun that killed people doesn't mean it was not literally murder.

[Tetrachloride]

1. i noticed 2 things: lakes not freezing over as quickly

and less snow where there was direct sun.

[dembotoz]

2. people still smoke...being alive is not a sign you are being smart

[NullTuples]

3. We live in a capitalism driven society; they pull the strings.

And worse, it's a form of capitalism that is focused only on short term returns so no weight is given to long term efforts.

San Francisco went from record heat and lack of water to record rainfall (though not enough to fill the reservoirs b/c they weren't designed for it and one storm system is literally a drop in the bucket) in less than three months.

We've reached the climate chaos tipping point.

[Chainfire]

4. All of the strings.

Organized crime rules the world. Politicians are bought and sold like penny stocks.

[NullTuples]

5. There comes a point in wealth were having more of it is no longer satisfying enough

Sure, as one's wealth grows one can buy more...things. One can invest in companies that exist to do nothing but buy up other companies and extract all value before throwing away the empty husk. But at some point even that reaches a point where the effort required to manage it all begins to incur a growing cost. But buying politicians and then, entire political systems...now that is an ongoing investment in the future. Well, in one's own future. Everyone else is screwed but that I believe is a significant part of the thrill.