Quote (cambovenzi @ 4 Jan 2023 15:13)
There is nothing resembling intelligent life here.
If you want an intelligent comment: Here you go.
You're aware that there are many lobbyist organizations that the left wing media constantly bashes on correct?
Like the many organizations funded by the Koch brothers?
So lets talk about the Koch funded lobbyist groups and fossil fuels for a second:As much as people want to pretend like they hate fossil fuels and that fossil fuel companies are evil, here's the problem: We didn't have a better solution until a few years ago. The main benefit to using fossil fuels is that one of the most important components to fuel a combustion engine happens to be the air itself. So you don't need to drive around with a giant air tank on your car because your car's engine can just pull in fresh air as it drives. Now that solar energy is substantially cheaper than any form of fossil fuels, (which is simply due to the mechanical advantage of not having to do any work to generate energy from the sun, the panel is stationary), we are seeing a massive shift aware from fossil fuels and realistically speaking: It does seem like the free market will actually work out in the long run simply because green energy costs less... That has actually been a fossil fuel company talking point for like 50+ years.
As far as the media:So for years there's been all these writers that have been bashing on right/libertarian leaning lobbyist organizations and obviously there are people in the right wing media that think it's unfair.
So we've got Michael Walsh, who is a big right wing media writer, who's sitting here scratching his head thinking "Wow it would be great if there was some left leaning organization that I could bash on just like they do to us."
So, I really hope that you're not going to be too shocked to find out that the WEF is indeed a left leaning lobbyist organization that promotes concepts like universal healthcare...
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/world-economic-forum/Wow, so it's not really a surprise that people like Michael Walsh are saying bad things about the WEF is it?
Finally:So do you understand the media back and forth now and understand that basically all of it is complete bullshit?
Lobbyist organizations don't actually have any authority to do anything under US law besides talk to politicians and donate money to them...
Some organizations like the Heritage Foundation will actually spend money on behalf of politicians to write the actual text of the laws, but they don't vote on it...
That's what politicians do.
This post was edited by mki on Jan 4 2023 02:28pm