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[-] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 11 months ago

I never said that green-washing wasn't a problem or an important issue, my issue is that Max Blumenthal seemed to disregard all of that actual science and just throw it in the trash.

I might have misremembered, I thought this story was written by Blumenthal, or I might be confusing it with another:

https://thegrayzone.com/2022/12/08/dutch-farmers-technocratic-plan/

[-] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 11 months ago

It's his outlet, so holding him accountable for who he platforms is fair.

[-] chocoraisinboi@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 11 months ago

So its wrong that dutch farmers arent ok with a neoliberal agenda that will most likely sell their land to black rock?

If this is it then it's a weak argument to take him down with

[-] Buchenstr@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 11 months ago

These protests were funded by agricultural corporations to fight government environmental regulations, these hogs can really go fuck themselves for all I care.

Most western european farmers are bourgeois traitors who would gladly sell their country out to blackrock if it meant they got a few hundred quid in their bank.

[-] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 11 months ago

The thing the article is complaining about is evil climate regulation trying to stop industrial agriculture (which greatly pollutes and robs the soil while requiring vast inputs).

[-] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 11 months ago

I am half-awake so please bare with me, but unless I misread it, those farmers seemed more concerned about their profits than the environment is my point.

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