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Donald Trump has suggested US taxpayers could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuelan infrastructure for extracting and shipping oil.

Trump acknowledged that “a lot of money” would need to be spent to increase oil production in Venezuela after US forces ousted its leader, Nicolás Maduro, but suggested his government could pay oil companies to do the work.

“A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent and the oil companies will spend it, and then they’ll get reimbursed by us or through revenue,” the president said.

The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, reportedly plans to meet representatives of Chevron, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil at the Goldman Sachs Energy, Clean Tech & Utilities Conference in Miami later this week.

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[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

At my age I think that is the only course in system that allows unrestricted hoarding of resources.

I don't think these people have anything outside of their need to hoard in life. It is a mental illness.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I agree with you completely and I've been calling it out for years. People treated me like I was a crackpot for saying things like "infinite pursuit of growth is neither possible nor desirable." Or "life isn't a zero-sum game and a system that's built to uplift everyone is better than a system designed to maximize gains for a few."

Clearly there aren't many leftists around me, or at least the ones who are hate me for different reasons. Maybe because I said MLs are authoritarians and no better than maga. I like democracy, it's capitalism that needs to go. The Nordic model seemed to work just fine until right-wing propagandists invaded Scandinavia.

Oh, I also compared capitalists to cancerous growths, and that made the oligarchs feel so oppressed. Maybe that's why billionaires these days are comparing themselves to holocaust victims. Those poor billionaires... won't anyone think of the shareholders?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they are also obsessed with longevity, they want to outlive the people they exploited so they dont come after them, plus to remain relevant.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Well I hope their bodies reject the transplants and they die on the operating table

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