Post #4397265

2026-08-05 19:07 UTC

This kind of Muskian grotesque, ignorant, aggressive, hubris is why corporations are willing to literally destroy the Earth, ecosystems, and #climate in return for a short-term, fleeting, profit.

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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange 2026-08-05 23:05

@petergleick@fediscience.org The addiction to money is a powerful drug. It induces hallucinations.

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@gueuledatmosphere@mastodon.green 2026-08-05 19:11

@petergleick@fediscience.org Madness.

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@Red_Shirt_no2@c.im 2026-08-05 19:11

@petergleick@fediscience.org The fiduciary obligation of corporations to maximize shareholder returns (plus the ability to externalize costs enabled by captive government agency oversight) drives boards to hire CEOs like this

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@Two9A@hachyderm.io 2026-08-05 19:15

@petergleick@fediscience.org I'm reminded, ironically, of the Lord of the Rings. Bilbo's mithril shirt is stated as having a worth greater than the value of the Shire and everything in it, and there's canonically one person in Middle-Earth who loves and covets mithril above all else. If you guessed the Dark Lord, you'd be right. When people say these billionaires want to play out the worst parts of that fantasy, they're more on the nose than they might think.

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