Oil, gas and coal benefited from $7tn in support in 2022 despite being primary cause of climate crisis
  • BongRipsMcGee420@lemmy.world
    441·
    10 months ago

    We subsidize all the wrong things. A McDouble is out of reach for most as a casual snack without subsidies, and arguably it should be out of reach so plant based alternatives have a chance at competing. Same with oil. Should gradually roll back the subsidies so people can have time to switch, but they should still be rolled back.

        • flipht@kbin.social
          4·
          10 months ago

          It’s not “making burgers more expensive.”

          It’s “stop making burgers artificially cheap to continue bolstering the already rich to the detriment of literally everyone.”

          Society is destroyed regardless of whether or not you can get a burger for an hour’s worth of minimum wage. Sticking your head in the sand and demanding that no one offer solutions if they have food, housing, and clothing, or drive a car, is disingenuous.

    • UsernameLost@lemmy.mlEnglish
      93·
      10 months ago

      McDouble

      casual snack

      I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but casual snack?

        • UsernameLost@lemmy.mlEnglish
          22·
          10 months ago

          I’m 6’2", wouldn’t refer to it as a casual snack. When I hear casual snack, I’m thinking like an orange or a protein bar or something, not a whole-ass burger. Yeah, it’s not massive, but not a small snack either

              • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                12·
                10 months ago

                Not at all, they’re about the same size and mass

                We don’t eat based exclusively off caloric value and you know it

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    Yup. These companies take trillions of dollars in corporate welfare, and then use some of that money to lobby against social welfare. They use our own money to bribe the government not to do things with our money that benefit us.