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Doing our part (lemmy.ca)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/72601186

Creator credit: https://tiktok.com/@twonkcomics

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[–] 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

The anti-EU narratives have been pushed so widely, also by Musk himself, that even comics like the one above are spreading them uncritically. The tethered caps are not about reducing carbon footprint but about reducing waste in our environment and high costs of cleaning efforts. Yet another EU myth, especially popular among tech bros btw.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    anti-EU narratives

    I believe this one is anti musk

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Maybe so, but why is it spreading BS about the tethered caps then? The same way anti-EU memes from tech bros?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    I think littering and contributing more plastic waste into the environment can definitely be considered part of a person's carbon footprint. More indirectly than burning gasoline, but it reduces recycling and requires more manufacturing and natural resources than if the plastic wasn't wasted/littered.

    In any case, it's a pretty big stretch to label this content as "Anti-EU", at worst they used poor word choice to make their point.

    If they had said "to protect the environment" instead of "to reduce my carbon footprint" it's the exact same comic. Tesla/capitalism is the butt of the joke here

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Considering littering part of someones carbon footprint is not entirely wrong but it is quite a stretch. The aim really is the littering, not the carbon footprint caused by the littering, at least that's what the legislator communicated as goal.

    It is not so much that the comic is "anti-EU" indeed, it is that it uses an anti-EU narrative. The tethered caps have been parts of a number of clearly anti-EU memes, usually from the right, some of them from the tech-bros.

    No it would not be exactly the same comic. There is a reason they used "carbon footprint". It strengthened the message of hypocrisy. I do not claim that Tesla/capitalism isn't the butt of the joke here. If they had written "to protect the environment" I probably would have no issue with the comic. Then the tethered caps would not be presented in a way that people who don't know about it would be mislead about the intention behind the tethered caps.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    anti-EU narratives

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

    A bit rich from someone who loudly proclaims Russia's invasion of Ukraine is Ukraine's fault.

    That said, anti-EU memes using the tethered caps myth are commonly found on right populist sites, so no, it is not a conspiracy.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    It's the US fault actually, they're nothing but body bags as Soros explained.
    And they are found everywhere, sensible left-wing people who see these EU ghouls are destroying us and the extreme-right also.
    It's an idiotic stance to say when fascists say something it must automatically be not true.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    So you think the US is at fault for Russia deciding to invade Ukraine?

    And you feel the EU is destroying an unspecified "us"?

    Who do you blame for the US attacking Iran? What about Israel's genocide on Palestinians?

    Maybe I'm trying to make sense of the nonsensical, but I can't say I'm following the reasoning of your worldview

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