Exxon Lobbyist Caught on Camera Going Full Cartoon Villain

[@CubicIronPyrite]

Why did we create the word "lobbying" when "bribing" already existed?

[@noahnk1876]

To make it legal. If you call it a new name, it doesn't matter if the definitions match exactly, if you call 'em two seperate things, they must be two seperate things 🤷 "Your honor, you can clearly tell my tomauto is inherently different from this 'tomato' you speak of, I mean after all, can't you see, mine's spelt with an AU not an A." I call it implausible deniability, nobody with two brain cells is buying it, but apparently there's enough people without the two brain cells to figure it out (or not enough who've figured out and care) that the name swap gives them "plausible deniability"

[@jacobhurley9587]

Probably because it's a threat sometimes too.

[@0g0mogosepikworld31]

They probably "lobbied" for that one too

[@martinr7728]

lobbying doesn't need to involve bribes

[@0g0mogosepikworld31]

@@martinr7728 it doesn't involve bribery, it is bribery

[@gweegoop7781]

I was initially shocked when this story got virtually zero attention from major media sources. Then I saw a massive Exxon ad on the homepage for Politico and remembered that fossil fuels pay their bills too.

[@user-gp5yz5yz4x]

Honestly, I'm not even sure if this will change anything. We've already knew almost all of this for a long time, just without any hard evidence

[@sistamidnight]

​ @vik05 viif If you really wanted to get the "largest voter base" generations interest - this isn't the presentation format they need. They won't take this reporting style as legitimate. IMO, They need a "60 minutes" type presentation. Omit the needless words and references to stuff they don't even know about like shaggy and slow down a bit. Just my opinion. The data revealed here needs to basically be bullet points to sink in.

[@sketchleaf7698]

The New York Times has a long history of taking money from fossil fuel companies. Our Changing Climate has an excellent video on it.

[@theFLCLguy]

It's because the media is controlled by people who have direct financial ties to the fossil fuel industry.

[@segriffincom]

I'm going to be honest, I don't consider myself an asshole, and I didn't even hear about this... Might be fucked boys.

[@itstrbo]

Love how he just asks himself questions then gives incriminating answers...I've never seen someone interrogate themself before

[@JWQweqOPDH]

"So what did you do at your last job?" "Did I lie? Yes. Did I pay other people to lie? Yes."

[@bradpnw1897]

It is an amazing skill

[@jesipohl6717]

@itstrbo Uncle Tom's do this all the time.

[@magiccarpetmusic2449]

He's just so proud!

[@XMysticHerox]

Makes me almost wonder if he knew this was a sting ands this was his way of whistle blowing subtly.

[@Silchwint]

The world is in such a state that when a man declares his evil plainly, on record, he will face no consequences. There is so much we need to fix.

[@vivalaleta]

Based.

[@pw6002]

Nay, because you know, it’s cool to be an asshole today, it’s « alpha -male » stuff and so on…

[@Flaggyt]

Two years later and nothing happened with Exxon probably shares went up. That's what happens when company's replaced your government.

[@zazanova7327]

It was always funny to me how “lobbying” was described a good thing considered it is just a plain and simple form of corruption

[@Robbedem]

lobbying isn't bad. Allowing companies to pay politicians for their election campaigns on the other hand is very very bad. Since the supreme court ruled that companies should be allowed to make donations, everything went downward fast. Instead of politicians working for the people, they are now working for the richest companies. And sadly, it's exactly those richest companies that don't mind screwing over people. Some even screw their own employees to!

[@fionafiona1146]

I believe transparency and a place for people affected to speak is important, the best lobbying happens in the public eye and gets lots of attention. When the EU made a list of "unnecessary" plastic uses to ban products were allredy replaced before the vote happened because of the tight business integration... While many other examples are awful

[@stargazer162]

Sadly this type of corruption happens everywhere, banning it doesn't make corrupt politicians stop accepting money from private companies. I guess it's at least a good thing that if it's illegal they can be punished if they get caught, but in practice that never happens, even when they get caught they still get away with it.

[@TheGreatOldOak]

@@stargazer162 They only get punished if that person is a target of the people in power.

[@jamestaylor3805]

Lobbying was supposed to be moneyless originally. That's been slowly eroded, then Citizens United destroyed the very concept of keeping money out of politics.

[@derekforde7164]

These guys truly are criminally insane. They know for sure that we are heading off the cliff, taking all of us with them (including their own children), and they fight to make sure that nobody steps on the brakes.

[@mart9585]

My mind just cannot comprehend the endless postponing of taking action. The first time they found it might be harmful, I can imagine them hoping for that not to be the truth. But how can you keep doing it now, while seeing so much harm already being done...

[@andrewareynoso9235]

No, their children will be fine too, their blood money will be enough to keep them living happy lives away from the coasts and major danger Zones and able the inevitable higher prices for food, its all screwed

[@jalicea1650]

Actually, they have plans to abandon humanity to calamity, but their children will live on private islands and or other estates safe from the world they destroyed. These evil bastards aren't the crabs preventing one from escaping the boiling pot. Those are the politicians and us the constituents. The ones boiling the pot laughing are the lobbyists and their superiors.

[@pixelcount350]

@@andrewareynoso9235 Or another planet.

[@codylujan]

its literally just greed. that's it

[@MoonFrogg]

it's crazy as a concept that denying a statement on twitter is the furthest degree that companies need to go to defend themselves against controversies.

[@eragon78]

and people actually buy this shit and let it blow over in a month. I didnt even hear about this story until watching this video and Im decently involved in keeping up with world events and news. Its insane the state of the world today where something like this isnt plastered on every news channel and story in existence for at least 2 months straight.

[@nah9585]

the bravery of being out of range...

[@jeremyg9323]

@@ccriztoff you, my friend, are misrepresenting climate. For it to count as a long enough period of time a minimum of 30 years of weather patterns are observed. Seasonal variation is an aspect of climate, and can be described using these 30 years, but you're kidding yourself if you can take a year of information, and give any sort of reliable guess about the rainfall on such a date the next year

[@prajwalkrishnabhat5539]

@@jeremyg9323 well all of it makes sense is if he was actually trying to represent climate. But the thing is, he wasn't. At all. He made a joke about how our politicians will close their eyes and act dumb while filling their pockets with money from corporations.

[@harrietjameson]

@@ccriztoff ok buddy, go back to your little coal mine bud, keep mining those fossil fuels away bud

[@hindigente]

It is baffling that the US dares to call itself a democracy while decriminalizing lobbying.

[@GelloWello]

Hey, who do you think is gonna be Caesar? Or Napoleon? And be the pretend bulwark of humanist ideology, only to be become a brutal tyrant

[@havindy]

We may not like it but lobbying is a First Amendment right.

[@tubeguy4066]

@@GelloWello better to know who runs the country than have it be run by "shadow groups"

[@d-obvious]

The USA is not a democracy. It's a Republic. The country runs on Golden Rules.. Those with it make the rules.

[@SirBorkenstein]

@@d-obvious it's a democratic republic, meaning the people vote on those to represent them. That at least is the premise. A true democracy has the people vote on every issue, every law. While in a true republic the people do not elect their representatives.

[@jhightower]

I just stumbled onto your video. 6 MONTHS later. I've never heard of this story. The most heartbreaking part is they essentially say, "we own the senators" and then the conclusion is, "go write to your senator." We've already lost. I'm so heartbroken.

[@profwaldone]

They sell votes, if the votes prove that they disagree with exxonmobil (lowercase derogatory) than their sales pitch loses value.

[@discordlexia2429]

You live in a country with an armed populace. You haven't lost just yet.

[@apolloandwarrior_3229]

@@discordlexia2429 Yeah but our politicians sure have been doing their damnest to pit the people agianst each other...

[@discordlexia2429]

@@apolloandwarrior_3229 Divide and Conquer.

[@discordlexia2429]

@Roberto Vidal Garcia Mass-scale strikes. In a modern just-in-time economy, if even five percent of dock workers went on strike, the corporations would haemorrhage money. You have guns so if Coca-Cola sent in its death squads, you could fight back. The power to make change is in the hands of the teamsters.

[@Vinstradamus]

"We may have boiled the planet alive, but for a very short period of time we created a lot of value for our shareholders!" - ExxonMobil, probably.

[@nahimgudfam]

Very funny! Any commentary on the video?

[@68024]

They will be eating money while the world around them burns

[@johndumpling1896]

Mint-flavoured cash, yummy

[@SamTheMan666]

I immediately see that business man in a post apocalyptic world telling this to the next generation what’s left I guess

[@nahimgudfam]

@@Vinstradamus It would be great if our representatives spoke to the professionals.

[@Leftistattheparty]

"The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses."

[@gottaproxy8826]

the people "killing the world" also own all the money, and own all of the information that is circulated. Why would they teach you, that they are your enemies on purpose? Surely they don't have any ulterior motives because having a suicidal platform doesn't make sense, they already control what you think, they own the school system... why would they do this

[@m.f.3347]

@@gottaproxy8826 They're powerful, but not omniscient. They're people just like you and me, and people tend to be malicious, ignorant, incompetent, or all three at once. If you submit to the idea that the ruling class are basically gods and nothing you will do can stop them, you're a better soldier in their propaganda war than anyone they could pay for.

[@AUMINER1]

Leftist at the Party the names and addresses of all the people who bought gas for their car you mean?

[@un_lucio]

oh well, the planet will continue to exist with or without humans. More than "killing Earth" these people are just making it unsuitable to sustain human life. Organisms that kill their host are usually classified as parasites and viruses.

[@AUMINER1]

@@un_lucio The planet is much cleaner now than it was in the past, more trees are growing now that 20 years ago, less smog, less pollution etc. Try NY or london in the 20's, the entire city was black with smoke. where did all these doomsday people get indoctrinated?

[@SilverDragonJay]

To the people who think "yeah, higher ups on the cooperate chain deserve more money because they're smart and well educated" I present: this entire video, thank you for your time.

[@alexforce9]

They are smart and well educated. The dude didnt even got fired. Imagine how much value he brings to the company if they didnt even fired him after such a thing.

[@SilverDragonJay]

@@alexforce9 lol you think people get kept around for the value they bring to the company. you give them way to much credit. You are right though, he did bring value to the company...by doing shit that I would like to riot over. You will notice however, that he also got caught bragging about all his shitty unethical behavior, and that's what I meant about them not being smart.

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

Just so God darn good at the business factory.

[@aquirick]

The value being: you either keep me or I become a professional whistleblower. Yeah, it's not really a big surprise he kept his job.

[@mrosskne]

How many companies have you started?

[@brunolondinese5857]

“Did you aggressively fight back against the science?” “Yes” “Sorry, can I ask that you include the question in your answer, it’s so the audien….” “Did we aggressively fight back against the science? Yes”

[@technicallyreal]

They probably can't fire him - imagine what else he'll reveal to the world if they did that

[@BlackDynamite901]

People shoot themselves in the back of the head multiple times very often. Or suicide while under 24/7 watch

[@blurgle9185]

@@BlackDynamite901 I doubt it. Say what you will about Exxon, but I don't think they'd dare making that leap in fear of what they might reap. PR-wise murder is the rubicon you don't cross.

[@nicksurfs1]

Most people on these positions never do get fired for that specific reason. They are instead still paid their full salary plus cost of living adjustments but asked to no longer come in. They are therefore still under the company’s NDAs and other legal restrictions. They can however find another job to work while still “employed” at the first. Then they just stack those and make a boatload of money.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

@@BlackDynamite901 He's forever ruined the idea of a private island:(

[@pmsteamrailroading]

@@blurgle9185 Accidents happen.

[@Mischievous_Moth]

The fact that I'm only finding out about this two years later is... heartbreaking.

[@fahqkitty]

Just learned about it from a guy on instagram who was dressed as a dog. He made a song using this guys words. That’s how I found out

[@pixxelwizzard]

"Our infrastructure doesn't hold up under severe weather. Or mild weather. Or no weather." I laughed so hard there. XD

[@KODO123PRODUCTIONS]

eee

[@blakksheep736]

Yes, that line was great.

[@girlgeniusnyc272]

Comedy, baby!!

[@eligoldman9200]

So everything we assumed that was true about political lobbying corruption was true? Wow what a surprise.

[@kilobyte5330]

If you think this is bad wait until you read about the Israel lobby.

[@rachelt2415]

@@joeyondakeys Why should he care if food becomes more expensive, species die, and people succumb to greater pollutants? He can afford it. It's messed up that the people in charge are never affected by their actions.

[@halinaqi2194]

@@rachelt2415 when the issue starts effecting the vast majority of people, who gives a damn about how rich you are? The masses are going to come for you. Were these guys not educated about what happened to certain European monarchs?

[@destiny_5540]

@@halinaqi2194 fun fact: the wealth gap is bigger than it was during the french revolution

[@jooot_6850]

@@rachelt2415*sigh* Time to dust off the guillotines.

[@Zyphent]

It's always interesting to see corporate shakedown so clearly laid out. People always look at it in terms of "this senator is getting checks from this corporation", but more often it's "this person is up for reelection and it's be a shame if their competitor had a lot more ads airing"

[@WesJFin]

holy shit, how was this not a story yet?!? Oh yeah, the villains have all the money.

[@BushidoBrownSama]

just threaten to pull any Ads & bam these mainstream media hacks go silent

[@irrlicht2280]

@@BushidoBrownSama Nah they basically a family. Amazon owns the washington post all whilst jeffy is all about repeating that "criticism is good and necessary" while in the back fucking over his workers and companys selling on his platform. Hes so good at this that you actually think hes sympathic.

[@BushidoBrownSama]

@@irrlicht2280 yeah it's down right incestuous

[@moisesrosario9716]

so Lex Luthor becoming the president doesn't sound that unrealistic

[@OjoRojo40]

That's capitalism for you.

[@ado011235]

I'm finding it increasingly hard to believe that humanity is going to make it

[@beefchicken]

It’s the best outcome for the planet.

[@ado011235]

@@beefchicken it's too bad, because people can be great. Most intelligent animal ever on this planet, yet it may not be enough

[@GoddoDoggo]

@@ado011235 A _person_ can be great. _People_ are generally the worst.

[@ado011235]

@@GoddoDoggo sometimes small groups produce awesome things. But at some point it goes to shit

[@ado011235]

for example bands that make great music

[@RedZeshinX]

And who did Trump appoint to be the Secretary of State? Rex Tillerson, the literal CEO of ExxonMobil. No joke. 😐

[@Grateful.knits99]

Sounds like Eisenhower and General Motors rebranded

[@dj_koen1265]

And there is people believing trump is the good guy who cares about the average American

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Typical “Orange Man bad” mindset.

[@nicholas930]

​@@OneBiasedOpinionno they're making a valid criticism so that line doesn't work here

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

@@nicholas930 it’d be more valid if Trump wasn’t actively witch-hunted at every turn for any little thing people can find on him. Has anybody actually looked into his reasoning for appointing Rex Tillerson? Did anybody ask? Or is this just another “HAH! See?! He’s E V I L just like we said he is!!!”

[@SoloLegends]

The saddest part is nothing we do is going to effect this as long as politicians can be easily bought.. Also when there is literally no punishment for any of this..

[@Sheperd_of_GA_has_my_Love_2022]

If you stop the gas engine, you stop so much more....stand outside naked and wish the mosquitoes 🦟 away...ps mosquitos give the free jab too.

[@vampir753]

You can still buy GME

[@KarlSnarks]

A disruptive mass strike would help though, as would picket lines at polluting companies, starting court cases against them (like they did with Shell and won).

[@dennismitchell5276]

Remember all those crooks jailed for 2008? Ya, me neither.

[@pietroaretino6390]

No there isn't. I see many laws. I see no justice. But the name of the game is entropy. Everything eventually erodes over time. Economic systems and power structures are no different. They too will suffer the same fate as everything else eventually.

[@kristijanog]

Dude, I'm a broke ass guy from East Europe but I'm considering becoming a Patreon. Your content is the best!

[@KODO123PRODUCTIONS]

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[@martinkag]

same here

[@VladimirGluten47]

Legend!

[@rellimmot]

💯

[@Janosevic80]

We are in a ecological crises also, the whole world is, but we are especially in Euro region. These videos just make me wanna choke our politicians because of how powerless we are to actually change something in a normal democratic way

[@amacaddict]

Two years ago, I missed this. Everyone should have to watch this, and it should be shown in classrooms to the children whose lives we're ruining.

[@kaif-tube1692]

I JUST heard about this?! The fact that this wasn't the biggest story in the news for weeks after it came out only further proves that the whole system is fucked.

[@theAV8R]

We're busting our ass 30-60 hrs a week to ends meet. This stuff makes me rage, and ExxonMobil knows I don't have the energy to actually act against this bullshit. I don't know what to do.

[@kayrupe125]

Show your friends this video. I'm with you on the exhaustion. That's why the system is the way it is, so we can't fight back effectively. But get enough attention to it and something will eventually spark a fire

[@yasamanmansoori2789]

Buy rural property. Fuck this bullshit

[@kesihatanserantau4554]

@@yasamanmansoori2789 It’s all burning in rural areas

[@Sheperd_of_GA_has_my_Love_2022]

If you have a yard, forget the mower and turn it into a giant garden, and if you prefer meat the bunnies will be soon looking for your greens...well that may or may not help cause you need gas to till the ground...crap next idea please...

[@theAV8R]

@@Sheperd_of_GA_has_my_Love_2022 Way ahead of ya - we've got about 50 kilops of tomatoes from our inner-city front yard garden this year =).

[@ushirou]

How is this two years old, and its nothing Ive ever even seen hit the news, or even the popular news youtubers. This is kind of huge.

[@darkwoodmovies]

It's downright impressive how effective this shady PR is. Not just that they bought out the government, but the fact that they convinced the voters to do it for them.

[@aubreyporter1336]

I’m……..furious. These people have taken my future from me. They’ve sold away my health and my future to shareholders.

[@jacobyoung6876]

Why doesn't have more views? This should be huge! What these companies can continue to get away with is just insane. They're not even in the dark about their corruption anymore.

[@nayber2352]

2 weeks ago I was still on the fence about climate change. I new it was real, I didn't think humans were the main cause. I was not against climate change policy, but I also didn't support huge spending on a policy. Basically a policy that didn't cost much was the only thing I was supportive of. Watching your videos now, and I can say I've been wrong. Thanks for the quality sources, and production standards of your videos.

[@peNdantry]

Good for you! If just one person can turn from the dark side, perhaps others can too, and maybe there is still some hope left.

[@commsky]

Welcome to many a sleepless night my friend.

[@Emanuele246gi]

@@peNdantry Hope is always the last to die

[@peNdantry]

@@Emanuele246gi In Pandora’s Box Hope’s frosty note lay unread: “Down pub getting drunk.”

[@blakksheep736]

@@peNdantry haiku pog

[@skyty0]

This guy specifically mentioning Manchin and Sinema is so harrowing after what's been happening in Congress for the past few weeks. Absolutely awful.

[@andrewb2004]

Right? This video aged well.

[@OjoRojo40]

Capitalism 🌈

[@AUMINER1]

@@OjoRojo40 waaaay better than communisim

[@lazergurka-smerlin6561]

@@AUMINER1 Mmmmm, nah

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

@@AUMINER1 I'm highly skeptical you even understand what communism is. Especially considering you somehow managed to misspell it here.

[@AlexSchwartzATV]

So thankful for this channel. This to me is a prime example of what I'd ACTUALLY consider a "patriot"

[@Labergemusic]

Well someone is pissed at you for this, getting removed from reddit by corrupt mods and your channel is all kinds of messed up right now. Exceptional work.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

That's a clear indicator he's done exactly as he should've.

[@TickleMyResearch]

*edited* You guys should check out a video about how corrupt reddit is by overlord gaming here on KZbin it's eye opening

[@thegreatbambino009]

@Mister Squishy I would instead recommend "Downfall of Reddit" by Overlord Gaming. The youtuber you suggested plagiarized Overload Gaming. Moon even admitted to it. Don't believe me? Overlord Gaming made a video called "Did Moon copy my video?" and the pinned comment provides evidence to Moon's confession to plagiarism.

[@TickleMyResearch]

@@thegreatbambino009 jeez i didnt know that, thanks for telling me

[@endlessxaura]

@@TickleMyResearch I don't know, man - dude was complaining about Reddit shutting down GamerGate, which was a pretty transparently misogynistic and white supremacist movement.

[@sai8613]

Absolutely ridiculous that they just get away with this despite, as you put it, being literally caught on camera admitting to it

[@skatterpro]

As someone from outside the US, what is the legal difference between lobbyism and corruption? Is it that it's legal? Then what makes it legal? If we allow corruption then the system is corrupt.

[@vivalaleta]

Right.

[@MarcosProjects]

Christ, I can't believe the guy still works at Exxon, I assumed he felt comfortable admitting all this because he'd already left and that was why they said he didn't represent them. This makes Exxon's denial even more atrocious, didn't think that was possible.

[@TheLoy71]

THIS guy? All guys at Exxon. Period.

[@LordMarshall1008]

Surprised he didn't have an "accident" with his brakes as they give some shady guy a few hundred thousand $$

[@SachinTube_]

And yet, nothing will happen. Nobody will hold either ExxonMobil nor the politicians accountable. Your wonderful f**in Democracy

[@shyft09]

Maybe it's cheaper to have him still working for them instead of jobless and looking to write a book about what sh*ts they are. They probably gave him a raise

[@chrism8180]

No he knew his position was secure no matter what, it's why he was so open.

[@o0Avalon0o]

Great work bro. I've said this before & I'll say it again... We've entered the age where comedians are more honest news sources than the advertiser-fueled major media. Crazy times.

[@HungerGamesFan00]

I agree, but: I mean that's kinda always been the case to a degree hasn't it? Journalists try their best, but their paper has to stay afloat, and a lot of journalists also have a family of mouths to feed and people to keep un-decapitated, and that trends a touch more difficult as a journalist trying to get the word out on the details of how megacorps are Mr Hands-ing us all than as a comedian, where you can take the same material and dress it up as just you being a silly goofy lil guy and still get the point across. Disclaimer: that doesn't really account for nuance, grain of salt

[@istrumguitars]

Exhibit A for why corporate lobbying of Congress *needs to be outlawed* - we can start at the state level by prohibiting our senators and house reps from accepting lobbying / dark money contributions.

[@lynzielayne]

I don’t know whether I want to laugh because this was amazingly done or cry because we’re completely and utterly fucked

[@Requiredfields2]

It's nice to find like-minded people out there, though. Even if we are fucked. :)

[@BlackJacketJones]

Bro you just need to rub one out

[@Crazen2]

Stop giving in to the climate fear mongering. Politicans have been funding it for generations to put fear into people and use it for polit ial gain. You only get funding if you do pro-climate change funding, if you don't you get censored and lose your job.

[@CraftMine1000]

@@Crazen2 question, and what is the nefarious purpose of promoting awareness for climate change? How does it fuck up your life that people get more aware of a systemic issue that degrades quality of life? You make no sense

[@Crazen2]

@@CraftMine1000 Because politcians push policies based on it and cripple economies and jobs. If climate change is real due to pollution, it's China and India. Are you really that dense?

[@Paksusuoli95]

Absolutely insane that this happened weeks ago and I'm only hearing of it now. Also the stock price is basically unaffected by the news.

[@SaveMoneySavethePlanet]

Yea, I remember seeing one or two headlines when this first happened but then it disappeared quickly. As I was watching this video I feel like my eyebrows just kept climbing higher and higher! We really need more news sources who don’t rely on funding from fossil fuel companies…

[@sauercrowder]

I think people don't understand what stock prices are

[@HenrikoMagnifico]

A law to ban lobbying would be lobbied to not pass... oh the irony

[@kingofthemoon3063]

As a kid I thought that the villains in shows like Captain Planet were ridiculous. Now as an adult I realize that you can’t make a fictional character that is more cartoonishly evil than real life capitalist oligarchs. There is no parody more extreme than the reality.

[@CapnSnackbeard]

How is this person still walking free? He literally admitted to conspiring to negligent homicide.

[@melody3741]

I think this video would count as hearsay. You could argue that he thought he wasn't being recorded and would be inclined to he truthful, but he didn't take an oath, and personally I would argue that he was playing it up for the job to make him sound better than he really was.

[@DWal32]

@@melody3741 ok exxon mobil

[@jesipohl6717]

@@melody3741 there's still enought to indict for conspiracy charges in most places, the fact that this doesn't happen is simply proof that the law is not for everyone. this is and always has been a key feature of law, it is not equally enacted.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

He's rich. Laws don't apply

[@jooot_6850]

Lets go get out the guillotine. Seems like they don’t listen to anything else.

[@icandanceifiwantto]

Just called Mark Kelly’s office and actually got a person to whom I politely told that taking funds from Exxon in exchange for lax regulation was unacceptable. Please call your senators! It’s an easy way to make a difference!

[@spiralhalo]

To be fair, he fell to such a cartoon teen justice squad tactic he might've just misunderstood what he was applying for.

[@gladsheep]

I used to think the phrase... “Money is the root of all evil” was hype until I grew up and looked around at what’s happening in the world.

[@c182SkylaneRG]

@@mistyaprilartist "Greed is Good" - Everyone's favorite 1980's US President...

[@dingusdingus2152]

Evil is the root of all evil. Money is a neutral medium of exchange. What you do with money is what matters

[@c182SkylaneRG]

@@dingusdingus2152 No, Misty has the correct quote and interpretation: it's not money, itself, but the "love of money" (greed) and the lengths people will go to acquire more and more of it. This is one of the major issues with how corporations are set up, because their driving function is to acquire as much money as possible, making corporations inherently evil as a result.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@dingusdingus2152 The medium is the message. People who use money to get you to change your behaviour think you can be bought. So anyone who uses money for any goal shows clear signs of disrespecting you and every other non-rich person on the planet.

[@xaenon]

@@dingusdingus2152 Evil does not exist. Complacency, ignorance, and greed are the the primary aspects of what we CALL 'evil.'

[@RyokoVT]

For those wondering; yes, that URL is real! It goes to his Patreon. I was delighted to find out he bought that domain just for that joke.

[@swamphead6578]

this is some cartoon villainy tier of evil. that guy is literally a comic relief henchman caught confessing

[@penneyreed7316]

I recall an interview with Rex Tillerson some years ago. He literally waved his hand around and said when the arctic is melted it will be where food is grown, so don't worry that near the equator is too hot. It's all gonna balance out. We are simply going to move to the poles, and business as usual. When trumputchka had him on team orange it made me sick

[@0The_Farlander0]

What I love is how rapidly he vents these truths after lying publicly for so long. you know this shit eats them up inside, in spite of their attempts to ignore their conscience in the face of profit, the truth still digs into their grey matter and the first time they have an opportunity to tell someone, anyone else what they've been holding back, it all comes out. you give these scumbags time and the barest hint of confidentiality they'll show you everything.

[@lawrencejorgensen2914]

I thought he was bragging his ass off, interesting how things can be interpreted so differently ☺️

[@bogatyr2473]

He was bragging. You don't get to the level he was at, doing what he does, if you've still got a conscience. A lot of C suite execs are just straight up psychopathes.

[@Vid_Master]

either that or its fake

[@mr.textwall5327]

"Do not brag about your plans on the verge of total success" -A Practical Guide to Evil: Do Wrong Right

[@huitlang931]

​@@Vid_Masterthere's like a million reasons why this isn't "fake"

[@boneappletee6416]

Love your throwing of shade by providing the contact details for the senators involved.

[@jeremyyoung4315]

love the amazing way comedy and climate science is used in your videos, so entertaining and educational. hope this channel blows up because it really deserves to.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

1000% it does. This channel is beyond amazing and really deserves 10x the attention.

[@johndumpling1896]

I don't think it will, Google is the main developer of mining AI to get as much oil from the ground as possible.

[@44thala49]

I worked there for a decade and when people ask how it was, I describe it as the closest thing that I can imagine to being in a cult.

[@slugmanestudios768]

Exxon is apparently the emperor of America. Not surprising at all.

[@thirtythreeeyes8624]

Nah they're just another company grabbing a slice of the pie. You think politicians only take money from just oil companies let alone just one oil company?

[@slugmanestudios768]

@@thirtythreeeyes8624 oh this was just a joke, I have an idea how much deeper the corruption of lobbying goes and it's terrifying.

[@highoctanehustleofficial]

THANK YOU for bringing this to light. I absolutely will contact each senator.

[@AslanW]

I'm two years late and I haven't heard a peep about this until now.

[@hypnotourist]

This is the kind of stories that gets me deeply depressed. Fortunately the way you tell them is super fun. Great work !

[@hridhayisthecutestpie2194]

2 very conflicting emotions right there, i relate tho

[@thirtythreeeyes8624]

Once you see enough of them you'll just be happy someone is talking about it all.

[@slowestjabroni]

He says "looking out for our investments" in such a matter-of-fact way that it makes my skin crawl. He thinks that's totally understandable?!

[@ghosthunter0950]

I'm baffled how this isn't jail time worthy. They should put all the experts, whoever payed them and anyone involved for a 30 year sentence for literally sabotaging humanity.

[@andydutton455]

Exxon will never be held accountable. Your videos are great!

[@darrenmichaels]

I keep waiting for Keith McCoy to hold his pinky finger to the corner of his mouth and exclaim, "One. Million. Dollars!" followed by gratuitous evil laughter.

[@KODO123PRODUCTIONS]

eeee

[@OwOraTheWitch]

Why the hell am I only seeing this NOW because KZbins algorithm decided to show it to me? This should've been plastered all over every major news platform 2 years ago, and yet nobody is talking about it at all. I guess Exxon's "it wasn't me" strategy works amazingly even when we have them confessing in HD.

[@Blank_Dude2]

When shit like this gets swept under the rug so fast, you just know we're all cooked

[@TheConloo]

Bruh I say this EVERY TIME YOU RELEASE A FIRE VIDEO but whoever works on and puts this stuff out are fucking heroes. It's awesome how you take this insanely depressing topic and get some humor out of it while educating people. Keep up the good fight!

[@joshuaevans4301]

Cracking open that Bud Light at the beginning somehow became way more topical, 2 years after this video released lol

[@laralebeu36]

Amazing video. Well done. I also like how you just blatantly speak about this in front of our most favorite exxon gas station :)

[@hudsonfoo]

Seriously one of my fav channels. Super informative and hilarious. Now to get drunk and random dial some senators!

[@blakebrooks4314]

Earth is like a train headed straight for a broken bridge, and he is just shoveling more coal (or Exxon gas) into said train

[@HarbingerBK]

Dude. This video was awesome. The Shaggy throughline was 👌👌

[@Aliaxs]

I can't even imagine how one could still work for big oil etc, or represent them in front of court and afterwards looking into the eyes of their children, family or friends who have children. I mean they are working actively to cooking them alive.

[@Sheperd_of_GA_has_my_Love_2022]

We are all frogs waiting for the water to get hot.

[@nectarshrub]

Cognitive dissonance babyyyyyy

[@chicanoproletarian]

I recognize that profile picture, scary shit our climate future

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

Same way the politicians, the police, the billionaires, and all capitalists etc do...

[@kozmaz87]

Well life is not all that simple. This rage against big oil is misplaced in the sense that we do need oil for air travel and cars vans and trucks will still need it for the foreseeable future. We need both of those. What we do not need is coal power plants, coal metal works, oil power plants, gas heating, oil heating all of which can be replaced by tomorrow with solar wind and nuclear yet people rage against the guys who get their packages to their doors and their kids to school... For non-carbon air travel... the tech simply is not there. And if we want to fly anywhere we will need oil. And yes it will become more expensive and that is fine.

[@juniperjabber]

I can't believe he just straight up said "yeah, we manipulated and lied to the public"

[@bernd_2845]

Incredible as always, I’m furious like how the news usually makes me: however I’m at the same time energized to actually speak out, call, donate, etc. And that’s because your humor makes me feel as if there’s actually a chance. It reminds me that we’re on the side of common sense, which is harder to believe than it should be. If there’s one thing Exxon and BP did so effectively, it was to paint the side of reason as foolhardiness and kookism.

[@agentsquid9079]

The moment the earth starts seriously dying, the moment where fire threatens our food sources, the moment where we can’t even breathe clean air... we will start to riot. There will be chaos. That is one of the only ways we can win. To change it, everyone and everything must suffer first so much, that their anger will tear down the establish. The second most convient option is to pass legislation that stops climate change, without waiting until everything becomes worse. If only we were to elect a politician that can’t be bought, that strives to end climate change in all seriousness, then there is a chance.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

No man, that's not the Matrix....that was THE SHINING!!!

[@JustStopPlayingGames]

To be fair it was a bit of a mish-mash. Seeing the same thing twice in the matrix, or deja vu, is a sign of a glitch in the matrix, but just seeing twins IS The Shining.

[@liambrown8074]

@@JustStopPlayingGames Remember the training program with the Woman in Red? Lots of twins in that shot. Apparently they used twin actors to create the sort of "copy/paste" effect you might expect from a game or sim put together by a kid.

[@JustStopPlayingGames]

@@liambrown8074 WHAAAAAT??? God damn those Wachowskis did such a good job with that movie.

[@JustStopPlayingGames]

@@liambrown8074 So I went back and watched the scene, there were a few sets of twins in there but if that's true, if they said they, that was a genius level move.

[@freelance_commie]

@@liambrown8074 oh cool, because Mouse wrote that script or whatever in the sim? That’s brilliant.

[@mirimjam]

"Did we do this cartoon villain level evil shit? Yes, yes we did." Literally this guy

[@patrickjreid]

Got to love that they don't even need the it wasn't me argument. They could have literally shrugged and said, "Ah!!! you got me!" because everything went down exactly the way he said it would.

[@toasterenthusiast8023]

I like to imagine that the minimum wage high school student working the register has just been sitting there for like an hour watching this guy stand outside their place of work and tear apart the company

[@lightster]

That URL was amazing. Thank you for doing that, and for keeping it up for a few years for us luddites in the future to get to see it!

[@tikeyike]

Thank you Rollie and the team for making this content, it's greatly appreciated.

[@alien9279]

This is literally the movie don't look up. How the hell did this not get news coverage

[@emcaco]

Seeing that this video is two years old makes me want to lie down on the floor for a while

[@nicksurfs1]

It’s sad that we’ve spent so long without a carbon tax even though a universally approved carbon tax legislation proposal has existed for more than five years.

[@shadowmanwkp]

3:50 Yes, that's an actual working domain, pointing to a real website.

[@K4IJU]

Great video, EXTREMELY informative, thank you!!!!

[@teamakesgames]

exxon is like those 5 year olds after having a fight and being like *wasn't me* except they're fzcking over the ecosystem of all the life we've found in the entire universe

[@ReProjectSD]

That last line hits different.

[@CoronaMage]

we should kill them

[@KarlSnarks]

@@CoronaMage I would not mind if eco-"terrorists" kidnapped this guy and make demands, though it might backfire in the public eye.

[@thanoscube8573]

@@CoronaMage really would be nice to just hang those execs by the throat, sad how society doesn't allow that

[@AUMINER1]

Tea you are the one who pays exxon for a product you use and need to survive on this planet....what's it like to attack the people who create a product you need to survive every day? Go without buying plastic and gas for 6 months and take away exxon funding....

[@wingspantt]

Production values and writing are amazing. Thank you.

[@Aer0dynam1cc]

How am I only finding out about this Exxon Zoom call until I stumbled across this video???

[@HughManatea]

We have had multiple presidents and administrations while this has been happening. None of them have done anything positively impactful about it.

[@ricardo.fontanelli]

I love the part where you share the phones and contacts of each politician involved in the case. I hope people in US call them and remember their names next elections.

[@pluhformybruh]

The shadow ban on this video is really something

[@Animekeke]

That "Wasn't Me" by Shaggy music insert is the best way to highlight the insane tactics that these huge fossil fuel corporations use for their marketing and public relations 😂

[@patrickkartes8930]

People like this youtuber are so important so that the informations actually reach the general public

[@Immudzen]

Wow that guy is EVIL. And the companies STILL get away with it. I think we are screwed.

[@marcelosaad8890]

By the way, Rollie, you've got easily one of the absolute best youtube channels, keep it up friend.

[@CoMtLion]

That last point about calling your senators is how we make a difference.

[@chrism8180]

WOW 😳 really, that's all!? WOW I had no idea it was so easy to affect change. 'read with heavy undertones of sarcasm'

[@mittensfastpaw]

And once again nobody dragged the rich into the streets. Yet they expected the lack of that action to make a difference.

[@ohsteeev]

Why do you work for Exxon? Gas station attendant: I need to provide for my family. Exxon executive: I need to pay for my villa and spaceship

[@MyReviews_karkan]

2 years later, things are still the same with the government and the climate has gotten even worse. Americans need to overcome this "me me me" mentality before anything can be done for us.

[@Karaon]

where's your climate with all that lights on, during the day, with noone in the room to enjoy it. Just kidding, great material man, I knew this channel is a golden find. keep up the good work

[@electroplaque]

Oh man, how I wish for a real shitstorm to become of this. You deserve a lot more viewers!