• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    11 days ago

    “A push by blue states to warn consumers that gas stoves release toxic fumes is the latest offensive in America’s culture war over cooktops”

    A warning label for health risks is in no way a culture war.

    Who are the belligerents here?

    On one side, stove manufacturers and non-renewable fuel companies.

    On the other side, health officials and regulators charged with keeping people safe.

    That’s not a culture war, that’s basic social responsibility being fought against by corporations.

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      That’s not a culture war, that’s basic social responsibility being fought against by corporations.

      The right: like you said, culture war stuff!

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        11 days ago

        Ha, yes, and i think that’s pretty specific to the American right.

        If you look at the European, slavic, asian right, a lot of them are echoing “Make blank great again”.

        Many, but not all of the extra-us maga share the racist prejudice that expelling ethnic minorities will benefit their country . After agreeing on how, the differences of why are fundamental.

        The how - expel minorities.

        The why:

        what the non-US magas mean by make so and so great again is social responsibility: available housing, more opportunity, higher pay and equivalent justice for the remaining majority.

        What proponents of the US maga advocate for is simply to not be held accountable for their actions regardless of the consequences to society, which they apparently have forgotten they belong to.

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      On one side, stove manufacturers and non-renewable fuel companies.

      induction cook top manufacturers are usually the same people selling/making the gas stoves. For example, General Electric makes both.

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      10 days ago

      Shoutout to the climate deniers playbook podcast. Anything remotely anti fossil fuels can and probably has been politicized.