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Comment by jimjimjim | Hacker News Reader

Just doing random evil things for no benefit? At this point it's just wanton vandalism. Punks in suits smashing windows and setting fire to cars.

Can anyone here, hand of heart, say "I agree with this decision"?

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Remember when North Carolina banned sea level rise? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-caroli...

That wasn't arbitrary, and it wasn't for no benefit. It was so that landowners along the coast could continue to use faulty sea level studies to justify state road and infrastructure investments.

This, too, isn't mindless vandalism. It's worse. It's greedy, it's short-sighted, and it's cruel.

None will. But hide them in a box, away from where others can see, and they will happily sign a piece of paper that says they do. One so called a ballot.

Your premise here is i think incorrect. so I’m not claiming any links between nation state actors, and our current administration, but the nation of Russia plans to benefit greatly from climate change, and the opening of trade routes in the Arctic. Having control over Greenland directly or indirectly through intermediaries also benefits them to this end coincidentally. Having another country, also be the scapegoat for the cause of any negative consequences also greatly benefits them. If this is the light you shine on vents, everything seems to make a great deal of sense actually.

They probably think it's "cutting costs" or "reducing waste" or something. At least the fraction of the motive that isn't just corruption.

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