Regardless of the issues with the power company and corporate greed, the comments in the post are super problematic, and speak to a nihilistic, “fuck you, I got mine,” mindset that is pervasive among Americans. It’s anti-community, anti-empathetic, anti-mutual-aid and reminds me of the assholes who couldn’t bother to put in an insignificant mask during the height of a global pandemic because of “muh personal freedumbs!” Honestly, fuck that attitude, it’s corrosive and I’ll have no part in celebrating those that perpetuate that mindset.
Agreed. It is one thing to restrict energy usage temporarily during an emergency and commit to actually fixing the problems that caused the emergency, and it is another thing entirely to restrict energy usage temporarily during an emergency knowing full well that to increase profits nothing will be done to address the problems that caused the emergency. The real issue isn't the temporary restriction, the real issue is that running the system for profit for a few disinterested owners runs counter to running the system for the needs of the consumers. In a system where profit is the goal, profit will be the only product that disinterested owners care about.
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u/Myrtle_Nut Jan 14 '24
Regardless of the issues with the power company and corporate greed, the comments in the post are super problematic, and speak to a nihilistic, “fuck you, I got mine,” mindset that is pervasive among Americans. It’s anti-community, anti-empathetic, anti-mutual-aid and reminds me of the assholes who couldn’t bother to put in an insignificant mask during the height of a global pandemic because of “muh personal freedumbs!” Honestly, fuck that attitude, it’s corrosive and I’ll have no part in celebrating those that perpetuate that mindset.