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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And as private shareholders they demand those oil companies maximize irresponsible profit at the planet's expense.

When you own something, you bear responsibility for it. Not legally sadly, because these criminals make the laws, but in every other sense.

You don't get to own oil stock and then credibly claim you aren't the problem. No one puts a gun to anyone's head and says take the stake in blood money.