Who is at Fault (Food Poisoning for Thought Reprint)

(*Reprinted from Food Poisoning for Thought as part my ongoing process to unify my web presence.*)

http://climatecrocks.com/

The internet has swelled in a righteous rage recently with the news that Exxon knew about climate, knew it was bad, knew so decades ago, and still misled the public anyway. I have seen and browsed take-down article after take-down article. Angry diatribes and rants have filled my Facebook feed. And I have to ask...

Why is anyone surprised? Why is this news? We knew this in 2013.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-money-funds-climate-change-denial-effort/

We knew this in 2010.

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/04/inside-kochs-climate-denial-machine

We have known this for years and years and years and years. They have been lying to us and we have been letting them do it. We wanted to believe them, we wanted to think we wouldn't have to change. The only reason that they lies don't sound sweet anymore is that now we're feeling the pinch. Exxon and the Koch brothers are the cool kids in the Frat House who convinced us to party instead of hitting the books, and it's only now- when we've realized we're going to fail the test- that we've decided to get angry. Well the people we should blame are none but ourselves.