There are no liberal counterparts. The billionaires are all capitalists. That’s all there is to it. Any other political theater they perform for you playing left and right is just theater.

Dems and Republicans are identical parties on economic policy (note I said economic, not all policies).

Burn it down, no reconstruction this time. That was one of the biggest mistakes post-civil war.

Sherman them all again.

Works the same on the federal level, too. Here is an oldie but goodie from 2013:

https://archive.ph/4ViCl

• Spend EVERY day having a press announcement on it and bashing the GOP with the latgest bully pulpit on the planet
• Expand and pack the court
• Push a court case that it was their duty.
• Push a case that it threatened national security based on issues it was holding up.
• Move to just put someone in the seat regardless and let it get argued in the courts meanwhile the seat is filled.
• withhold all federal funds to any state who’s senator was blocking it
• Any number of creative parliamentary maneuvers that let the GOP decide everything even when they’re in the minority
• BREAK ALL NORMS, just like the GOP did in stealing th pick. But Dems roll over and play victim. It’s all they EVER do, even when they control Hoise, Senate and POTUS at the same time.

There’s a ton of other shit too, but you get the point. Obama was quiet most days and played victim, bc the billionaires who owned him and who he bailed out of the financial crisis told him to ge a good boy and he did.

Upvoted for FACT.

In my lifetime, a dem only ever once gave me something to vote FOR, and I actively campaigned for him-Obama. And the first thing he did was give up on universal care and then even on public option. But he’s making millions by leveraging his presidency, so he’s a good little capitalist.

And the banks still appreciate him vailing them out while ficking us all and all our municipalities, etc.

And they have helped over and over to disable democracy and reduce the ability of citizens to affect change over monied interests who buy Thomas his motor home and other “gifts” (spelled bribes). And Scalia, and the others…

But theyre not recycled much–YET.

Agree and excitedly look forward to growth in that market (or even having a market for it). They will eventually become a profitable recycling opportunity. Unless one of the other battery techs (tons of them) in development just completely supplanted them. Either way the impact should diminish over time. Main questions are how fast and long will they continue to be an environmental negative.

Rechargeable nickel–cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH), lithium-ion (Li-ion) and nickel–zinc (Ni-Zn), can also be recycled. Disposable alkaline batteries make up the vast majority of consumer battery use, but there is currently no cost-neutral recycling option.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling

EDIT: You can read further down how close some of these companies are to an actual recycling center. They’re getting there!

After the upcoming Civil War. I’m not advocating for it, but I definitely think it’s inevitable.