The executives at Exxon knew about global warming fifty years ago and buried it. They funded research that muddied the waters. They funded propaganda. They fund

The executives at Exxon knew about global warming fifty years ago and buried it. They funded research that muddied the waters. They funded propaganda. They funded lobbyists. They even started wars. The older generation is the bad guy, and it wasn't for their mistakes. This was intentional. Not all of them are complicit, of course, but now that the chickens are coming home to roost we're getting lecturing points from people like the person you're replying to about bismuth in our phones or other such flim flam. The reality is that our generation has something equivalent: Surveillance capitalism. And you know what? Plenty of people from Google and Facebook have stepped forward and demanded regulations. Where were the same people from Exxon Mobile in the 70s? Ethics and morals matter. The truth matters. And people with enough means are still pushing for more at the expense of others.