This is a good high level start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoJyvEFqkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOttvpjJvAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s19okTYl8MA

There’s also this: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-the-man-who-ruined-99056594/

So one of the tings I’m saying here is that the Oil industry’s climate denailism created the post-fact reality that lead to Trump, a senile lunatic, who is now forcing everyone to eat his shit. Each thing I is specific, like climate change causing fires (I’m specifically talking about the LA fire) and suburban sprawl destroying farmland, and paving cities leading to flooding. Cars in the US regularly hit buildings. Car sizes have continually increased over the years, leading to massive increases in pedestrian deaths (especially among children). Children in the US basically can’t play outside because giant cars drive really fast all over the place. In the Netherlands, young children cycle to school (like they used to in the US). Now they don’t because they would die.

Probably worth linking 50501. If they ever actually do anything that threatens to change things that sub will get nuked, so they’d probably want an escape plan.

Thank you!

It’s not really that general, and it’s not really about drugs unless you think about oil as an addiction (which isn’t far off)… at least that wasn’t my intention. I’m curious if there might be some missing context.

Are you familiar with the history of how car culture became dominant in the US? Do you recognize who the king is?

Tell me what you think this story is about.

Absolutely. It’s basically a first draft with no editing.

Truly! What an absurd fictional tragedy that’s not in any way a specific metaphor!