I’m an Australian, but I have watched ‘don’t be a sucker’ so many times.

Such solid GOOD propaganda. Easy to find for those who have not seen it

Great, now I’m hungry for a battered sav

Wipe my arse with it so all the shits of the world die.

Even in your anecdote the owner never actually benefited from the extra costs.

Imagine doing something or having a life/business philosophy that doesn’t exist for your own soul benefit, and exists maybe for the benefit of others.

If electricity works in the US, what is Texas bitching about when its cold?

Yer prett much. Where I live the entire system is still built in COBAL for another 80+ year service contract that there is almost no way out of.