"Capitalism" is increasingly blamed for huge social and economic problems, but the real problem is criminal conspiracies by corporation executives.
... Exxon worked for decades to sow confusion about climate change, even though its own scientists had begun warning executives as early as 1977 that carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels were warming the planet, posing dire risks to human beings.
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Exxon became the architect of a highly effective strategy of climate change denial that succeeded for decades in politicizing climate policy and delaying meaningful action to cut heat-trapping pollution.
Deliberately lying to the public is apparently not illegal, but should be. This particular crime (together with many related ones) will ultimately kill millions and make life miserable for billions. No one is punished.