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minus-squareWesternInfidels@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 days agoJust a reminder that the extra money you pay for expensive petroleum products actually goes to the petroleum industries, not to some special “war effort” fund. You’re not making a sacrifice for the benefit of the common good (supposing you view an unprovoked attack on a smaller nation as a ‘common good’), you’re making a sacrifice for Big Oil shareholders. Chart from “Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis,” The Guardian
Just a reminder that the extra money you pay for expensive petroleum products actually goes to the petroleum industries, not to some special “war effort” fund. You’re not making a sacrifice for the benefit of the common good (supposing you view an unprovoked attack on a smaller nation as a ‘common good’), you’re making a sacrifice for Big Oil shareholders.
Chart from “Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis,” The Guardian