Of course they are. No lives matter when there is money to be made. The pursuit of profit overrides all other principles.

We (rightfully) condemn other nations like Russia and China when they do shit like this. Where is the outrage from western politicians here?

There is a trade-off between efficiency and durability on incandescent light bulbs. They did sell bulbs that lasted longer, but those had lower lumen/watt.

For generic bulbs, the cost of electricity was significantly greater than the cost of the bulb. It was cheaper to replace bulbs more frequently than to waste electricity.

There should have been only one.

And this is why celebrity endorsements matter.

Good call. When your "role model" (for lack of a better term) takes a position on something, it tends to give it more credence to the target audience.

I have a great deal of respect for Bernie Sanders, so his words carry some weight with me. He is being a voice of reason.

No politically viable candidate will have environmental policies sufficient to properly address climate change. We are so unbelievably behind the 8-ball on this.

Maybe the system is set up to limit the power of protest voting?

It absolutely is set up that way. This may or may not have been the intent of our election system, but it is the outcome.

Because to them, no lives matter. Except their own of course.

I've only ever seen one side do this

Due to the way office buildings are configured, they'd need to be converted to some sort of communal living (think college dorms). It seems feasible in theory, but it would have a very limited audience and would be a difficult living situation for most people.

Converting to individual units would require extensive retrofits and renovations.

It just keeps getting worse, doesn't it?

Increasing wealth inequality is a feature, not a bug, of capitalism.