Who is liable for the deaths caused by extreme weather patterns? Is anyone?

GolfPopper 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Legally? Almost certainly no one. Ethically? The corporate executives who deliberately covered up evidence of global warming, starting back in the 70s.[1]

1. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/harvard-led-a...

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barbazoo 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Including executives that still refuse to price in the environmental externalities of their business practices.

	▲	samus 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Why would they do that? That would make their shareholders angry and give their competitors an edge. (No /s)

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failbuffer 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And don't forget the politicians and media personalities who knowingly or negligently denied that there was even a problem.

	▲	inigyou 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They're winning. They have billions of dollars and very cushy lives.

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strictnein 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And since we've all known about this for 30+ years, is it still their fault, or is it ours?

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inigyou 5 hours ago | parent [-]

What should I have done about it for the past 30 years?

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Symbiote 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Voted for the environmental candidate every time.

	▲	inigyou an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Already did, we still ended up here, clearly that solution didn't work

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bethekidyouwant 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Live a life of voluntary poverty?

	▲	inigyou 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And if I had done that, how would the climate be today?

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strictnein 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nothing. My point was simply that blaming people who did something 40-50 years ago is pretty silly.

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bwindels 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

All of us, to the degree that our carbon footprint is above 2 tons a year?

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inigyou 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nobody is liable.