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Preserving the British role in the F-35 jet fighter programme takes precedence over the need to comply with UK laws on arms export controls, or any UK obligation to prevent a genocide in Israel, UK government lawyers will argue in court this week.

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[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

Won't somebody think of the shareholders!

That used to be kinda funny... doesn't feel funny anymore.

[-] latenightnoir 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There was a time when I was certain that this sort of people will inevitably see that money will not save anyone from anything. Given how things are evolving, however, I've become convinced that they'll still be thinking of profit margins as the planet literally starts boiling and their skin starts to melt.

[-] Ooops@feddit.org 16 points 2 days ago

You are wrong... they need to increase their profit margins even more, so they can afford the neccessary protection for themselves while they watch everyone else's skin melt.

[-] latenightnoir 10 points 2 days ago

And it still won't save them... the only way we'll get through this is by working together.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Wasn't it Lenin that said, when we hang the second last capitalist, the last one will sell us the rope to do it?

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

I watched Don't Look Up for the first time the other day, and it's an unfortunately very plausible illustration of what you describe.

[-] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

It was good and I'd love to watch that movie again but it was too real. The only problem with our reality is that the people who would find the problems like in that movie have probably already been laid off.

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