• lurch (he/him)
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    Those things will destroy none of those, though.

    • The oil industry will still be needed for lubrication and synthetics.

    • The insurance industry, well, for insuring everything beyond.

    • The weapon industry, because, as russia taught us again, if a nation gives up too many of their weapons (like Ukraine gave up their nukes for security assurances by russia, for example), neighbouring nations may attack them.

    • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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      1. Both can be done more sustainably
      2. Insurance is only needed under a capitalist society where healthcare is not considered a basic human right
      3. There is a difference between producing weapons for defense and producing weapons for profit
      • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM
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        Concerning insurance, it is my opinion that any system that conceives of insurance as a solution to societal ills is a bad system. The existence of insurance actually increases inequity. (I’m agreeing with you, but this has been on my mind a lot lately since the events in NYC.)