How would the richest sovereign wealth fund in the world pulling out their investments from Russia bring about living in the freezing cold?
It isn’t as if Norway’s fund haven’t already said they would divest. It’s just that they haven’t taken any concrete action on what they promised for more than a year.
Why?
Who would collapse?
Again: The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund still have active investments in Russia.
Where is the outrage for them?
According to this Norwegian publication in an article published January 31st 2023:
the Norwegian oil fund still holds hundreds of millions worth of shares in petroleum companies like Gazprom, Novatek, Bashneft and Lukoil
Even if the value of their investments lower, they still haven’t pulled out any from Russia. The investments could be worth very little, but they still have something invested in Russia.
Norwegian Government on February 28, 2022, ordered the Oil Fund to freeze all investments in Russia and prepare a plan for divesting with the goal of totally exiting the Russian stock market
What’s stopping them?
With ol’ Keir ‘industry plant’ Starmer at the helm? Not a single useful thing.
Can I still have a go if I change my name to Jeremy Corbyn by deed poll first?
The English, Scandinavian and European aristocracy?
You know what works every time for me against any telemarketer or tele-scammer?
“Excuse me: are you aware that this is a business line?”
Repeat as necessary with appropriate outrage. They always hang up first.
Were you able to migrate your posts, subs, and comments? I didn’t realise lemm.ee was, well, what it is when I first joined. (I just liked the look of the double letters.)
Colonised American culture is ‘getting away with it’ and ‘get rich while getting away with it’.
It’s as much the person that buys an mlm style ‘build your own auto kit’ to ‘get away with’ having a car without having to pay a manufacturer for one, saving pennies in the meantime, as it is the mlm selling kits, knowing that parts are missing and the buyers won’t check.
It’s a grift on every level.
Your assertion about the need for unanimous backing in a proletariat revolution is laughably simplistic. And I'll kindly ask you to refrain from making assumptions about my own lived experiences, or anyone else’s for that matter.
Every revolution, every major movement in history, started with the bold few before swelling into unstoppable masses. Afraid of landing in jail? Understandable. But jail cells have a way of creating symbols that ignite larger flames. Ask yourself: can they really jail us all? Every filled cell will magnify our cause, not quell it.
As for the dire consequences you highlight, like ending up on the streets, let's be clear: many are already there, with or without revolution. They've little left to lose and much to gain. And the belief that we’re just trying to care for our families under the current system? It's doing a disservice to those already struggling, trying to protect their loved ones in a world that has been designed against them.
You mentioned "manufactured consent," and that’s spot on. But think deeper: it’s manufactured. Crafted. Made to fit. And anything constructed can be deconstructed, redesigned, or outright obliterated. We aren't simply passive recipients of this design; we're conditioned to believe it's the only one.
So while you’re trapped in a narrative of inevitability and compliance, I see potential. Potential in every oppressed individual who's been underestimated. Strength. Resistance. Evolution. Life has schooled me in the harshest of ways, and I assure you, the lessons stick. We're not just passively surviving this broken system; we’re actively challenging, adapting, and overcoming.
Remember, the heart of humanity isn't so easily suppressed. Before you use words like "literally" again, reflect on this: maybe the real illusion is thinking we're helpless in the face of the chains society has slapped on us.
I’ll leave you with bell hooks: There is an element of play in choice, an exercise of free will. One chooses to live through consciousness, aware and awakened.
Enjoy the debt babes <3
Let’s break down that January 31, 2023 article once more:
1: The investments in Moscow listed equities dropped from $2.7 billion to a mere $300 million.
It would be laughably naive to think this is purely because they've been 'pulling out' of Russia. By all means, review the article and let me know if it states the exact reason for the decrease in value.
2: By December 31, 2022, Norway still had shares in 51 Russian companies.
It's September 2023. If they were aggressively pulling out, wouldn't they have zero investments by now?
Nice try.