/lit/ - Literature

With the recent oil crisis in the gulf, its become apparent to me just how important visuals are in swaying the court of public opinion. It's really strange seeing how the public fallout manifests itself, and I really can make heads or tails of why it looks this way.
>"wow everything sucks and the world is going to end!"
>"this isn't my fault its big oils fault. I can keep driving my car because its someone else problem to deal with"
>"this is just like capeshit movie wow!"
>"haha this is just like when <celebrity> said everything was awful"
>*insert US whataboutism*

I hate pollution as much as the next guy but accidents like this are just a fact of life when the world runs on oil. I don't really know what to make of the blame game or the depression posting or the consoomer posting but its more than a little concerning.