There is no safety. No matter how wealthy you are, your house can be destroyed. No matter how much you diversify your portfolio, the economy could crash and send you back to square one. No matter what private army you pay, forces beyond your control can crush you like a bug.
Humans do not rule the world, and under capitalism, we don't even rule ourselves. We're ruled by profit motives more than any rich individual. No matter how much Musk or Trump try to play king, they're merely mortals riding the wave of economics and politics. We have no real gods, only chaos; no real masters, only thugs and bullies
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spider - 12mon
No matter how wealthy you are, your house can be destroyed.
The impact of the catastrophic wildfires could drive up already sky-high premiums and prompt a new wave of private insurers dropping policies or declining to write new ones – and not just in the LA area.
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zbyte64 @awful.systems - 12mon
The wealthy can't hide from the Children of Kali.
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spider - 12mon
But we need to get those egg prices down!
/s
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jabathekek @sopuli.xyz - 12mon
Fun fact:
Egg prices are so high because they're used to make flu and covid vaccines.
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spider - 12mon
The price spikes are driven by avian (bird) flu.
There have been several outbreaks here in the States over the past year or so and we're in the middle of yet another one.
I was able to get a dozen large eggs for about $1.60 in October; now they're at least twice that.
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jabathekek @sopuli.xyz - 12mon
I guess I'm projecting my Canadian-ness on everyone. A dozen large eggs in my area on the west coast is upwards of 6 Canadian apologies.
*Before the pandemic that was what you would pay for two dozen. Fuckin' bread cartel i tell yah hwat.
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spider - 12mon
Oh, it's no big deal; what you said is true in terms of eggs being used to make vaccines.
But avian flu outbreaks require them to cull (kill) large numbers of egg-producing chickens, so it's basically a supply-and-demand issue -- hence the price spikes.
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jabathekek @sopuli.xyz - 12mon
I'm still sorry tho. Dang and heck.
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Skullgrid @lemmy.world - 12mon
There have been several outbreaks here in the States over the past year or so and we’re in the middle of yet another one.
can you guys keep it to yourselves? One pandemic was enough for a lifetime for me.
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spider - 12mon
can you guys keep it to yourselves? One pandemic was enough for a lifetime for me.
With this incoming administration -- the same one that botched the response to the last pandemic -- I don't know if that's possible.
At the moment, I’m beginning to think that the best we can do is both, it might be to late for an either/or situation
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Blum0108 @lemmy.world - 12mon
Though I'm not sure how slow the apocalypse will be.
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reminiscensdeus @lemm.ee - 12mon
You say the whole world's ending, honey, it already did
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Clent @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 12mon
Should have paved over those mountains.
Can't have a fire if the landscape is one continuous piece of asphalt.
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Kbobabob @lemmy.world - 12mon
Doesn't asphalt burn?
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EmptySlime - 12mon
I might be wrong in this. My understanding is that it is flammable, but not when it's "solid" if that makes sense. That a fire would have to be on it and burning hot enough for long enough to start melting the tar then that could burn. But the asphalt itself isn't likely to just catch fire from a lighting strike or something and just continue to burn.
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itslilith - 12mon
First it melts, but it's made up of very long hydrocarbons, so... probably?
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☭SaltyIcetea☭ - 12mon
there is a 3rd way: a short, quick apocalypse. like nuclear war
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Brickhead92 @lemmy.world - 12mon
There is, but the profits aren't as high as a slow apocalypse.
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Alpha71 @lemmy.world - 12mon
Slow apocalypse it is then!
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IzzyScissor @lemmy.world - 12mon
The thing about cancer is that it will eventually kill itself. It destroys the environment it lives in until it becomes uninhabitable, killing both the host environment and the cancer itself.
So, the cancer is already going to die, it's only a matter of if it takes us with it or not. The ONLY option for survival is to kill it before it kills us. There is no siding with cancer and hoping you won't be affected.
(Capitalism is the cancer, in case mods get nervous)
Track_Shovel in 196
Writing is on the wall, rule
There is no safety. No matter how wealthy you are, your house can be destroyed. No matter how much you diversify your portfolio, the economy could crash and send you back to square one. No matter what private army you pay, forces beyond your control can crush you like a bug.
Humans do not rule the world, and under capitalism, we don't even rule ourselves. We're ruled by profit motives more than any rich individual. No matter how much Musk or Trump try to play king, they're merely mortals riding the wave of economics and politics. We have no real gods, only chaos; no real masters, only thugs and bullies
AND...
(from USA Today)
California had a home insurance crisis before the LA fires. It's only going to get worse.
The wealthy can't hide from the Children of Kali.
But we need to get those egg prices down!
/s
Fun fact:
Egg prices are so high because they're used to make flu and covid vaccines.
The price spikes are driven by avian (bird) flu.
There have been several outbreaks here in the States over the past year or so and we're in the middle of yet another one.
I was able to get a dozen large eggs for about $1.60 in October; now they're at least twice that.
I guess I'm projecting my Canadian-ness on everyone. A dozen large eggs in my area on the west coast is upwards of 6 Canadian apologies.
*Before the pandemic that was what you would pay for two dozen. Fuckin' bread cartel i tell yah hwat.
Oh, it's no big deal; what you said is true in terms of eggs being used to make vaccines.
But avian flu outbreaks require them to cull (kill) large numbers of egg-producing chickens, so it's basically a supply-and-demand issue -- hence the price spikes.
I'm still sorry tho. Dang and heck.
can you guys keep it to yourselves? One pandemic was enough for a lifetime for me.
With this incoming administration -- the same one that botched the response to the last pandemic -- I don't know if that's possible.
It would be less of a stretch to say intentional
Where did you learn that?
Most covid vaccines aren't recombinant vaccines, which aren't made using eggs.
At the moment, I’m beginning to think that the best we can do is both, it might be to late for an either/or situation
Though I'm not sure how slow the apocalypse will be.
You say the whole world's ending, honey, it already did
Should have paved over those mountains.
Can't have a fire if the landscape is one continuous piece of asphalt.
Doesn't asphalt burn?
I might be wrong in this. My understanding is that it is flammable, but not when it's "solid" if that makes sense. That a fire would have to be on it and burning hot enough for long enough to start melting the tar then that could burn. But the asphalt itself isn't likely to just catch fire from a lighting strike or something and just continue to burn.
First it melts, but it's made up of very long hydrocarbons, so... probably?
there is a 3rd way: a short, quick apocalypse. like nuclear war
There is, but the profits aren't as high as a slow apocalypse.
Slow apocalypse it is then!
The thing about cancer is that it will eventually kill itself. It destroys the environment it lives in until it becomes uninhabitable, killing both the host environment and the cancer itself.
So, the cancer is already going to die, it's only a matter of if it takes us with it or not. The ONLY option for survival is to kill it before it kills us. There is no siding with cancer and hoping you won't be affected.
(Capitalism is the cancer, in case mods get nervous)