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Try searching for "fossil fuel subsidies", "fossil fuel lobby" and so on. There are many examples.
by sky-kedge0749 4y ago
Try searching for "fossil fuel subsidies", "fossil fuel lobby" and so on. There are many examples.
- credit_guy 4y agoAren't you moving the goalposts? The OP was complaining specifically about European governments subsidizing the price of gasoline (at a time when oil companies have record profits). You then start claiming that these companies are lobbying for these subsidies, vigorously. You are now switching to "fossil fuel subsidies" in general. I know, I know, oil companies are bad and evil, but this was not what was being discussed here. The fact that the some European governments decided to subsidize gasoline is clear socialist move. It was not spurred by the oil lobby. Maybe capitalism has problems, but this is not one of them. This is a socialism problem.
- sky-kedge0749 4y agoI'm not sure what you're looking for. There's a lot of info out there about fossil fuel subsidies and fossil fuel lobbyists. If you have some particular subsidy in mind then you can research it yourself. Your claim > Capitalists never advocate for subsidies. was very broad and absolute, going beyond any particular industry or even the present day. I'm really not sure but maybe you meant something like "advocating for subsidies is not a capitalist thing to do." In any case I'm not personally interested in whether there is a "capitalism problem" or "socialism problem" going on.