And people are really bad at making decisions with long term repercussions. Take smoking, drinking, texting while driving, driving without a seatbelt, eating to

And people are really bad at making decisions with long term repercussions. Take smoking, drinking, texting while driving, driving without a seatbelt, eating too much, sitting too much, spending all day staring at a computer screen, not sleeping enough, etc. Humans are short-term thinkers. So if you ask a poor person "would you rather protect your industry and reduce the risk to your health, or keep getting paid"... well look at all the people working in coal mines. They sacrifice their health, their neighbors health, their economy, and their planet just to have a paycheck. People vote with their actions. But people are short sighted, selfish, and greedy. That's why labor regulations and unions were invented. It's just been so long since the days before unions and regulations were created that everyone thinks they're useless. It's been so long since it rained that you start wondering why you have a roof over your house. You'll remember soon enough.