• psvrh@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    7
    ·
    edit-2
    5 months ago

    Apropos of nothing, Saudi Arabia is the definition of a petro-state.

    Chickens. Coming home. Roosting. Etc.

    • nikita@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      23
      ·
      5 months ago

      Your comment was probably off handed but I just wanna clarify that muslims aren’t to blame for our oil addiction, rich people are

      • psvrh@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        11
        ·
        4 months ago

        I agree, but to some degree, people own their government, and this government is, more than many, responsible for much of the causes of climate change.

        I’d say the same thing if Florida sinks into the sea, or South Texas and Louisiana are swamped, or north Alberta catches fire.

        • تحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          4 months ago

          This is like blaming grape farmers for drunk drivers.

          How is it our fault? We thought you will make jelly and fertilizers from it, instead you burn it to move your cyclist-crushing F-150s.

    • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      5 months ago

      Also remember the west (Brits and Americans) empowered them. Hell, most of the Saudi Family grew up in one of those places.

      • psvrh@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        4 months ago

        I won’t say I didn’t have a bit of schadenfreude when Fort McMurray burned.