takes off another mask
Capitalism
To be fair, it happens in socialism too. And monarchies, and everything else - corruption is universal.:-(
Capitalism and the state exacerbate such things to the point that it's fair to assign blame here.
But yes, we could remove another mask and see "the state," which is the real problem. Certainly, no one argues that monarchy is desirable, and even ostensibly just systems such as state socialism will eventually devolve into social inequities that allow for this type of thing to occur.
Capitalism is just one of the most widespread current offenders, since it is fundamentally hierarchical and unjust.
Anarcho-communism be like “I’m right here!” :guy looking at other woman meme:
I was expecting social media
Nascar only stopped using leaded gas in 2008.
Most avgas still contains lead.
Don't forget it's used widely in ammunition.
And which political group just so happens to have a predisposition to firing such firearms, hmm...
Don't they still regularly use mercury fulminate in ammo? If so that's even more toxic than a metallic lead pellet.
Don't worry we've only known it's pousinous for literally thousands of years
This is mostly targeted at the boomers because they had leaded gasoline and paint on houses (eating paint chips was a thing) on top of playing with liquid mercury bare-handed.
Unfortunately low level poisining is still prevelant today. Banning it from use in gas (and paint) only reduced acute lead poisining https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning#History
Small airplanes still use a lot of 100 low lead avgas. At least jet fuel is unleaded.
It's lower lead than avgas used to be, but more lead than auto gas ever had.
Dumb question (perhaps the lead getting to me) but I've long wondered what the practical implications of this are. Does this mean the exhaust is littered with lead that gets aerosolized into the air as the plane darts across the sky? To what extent does that impact lead levels acutely versus background levels, etc.
You're forgetting a big one: Alcohol.
And another: Brain Injuries (see: football and its correlation with conservatism).
This may be the reason Biden wants to clean up all the lead pipes in America.
Lead poisoning for the last few generations, micro plastics for the more recent ones
