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I'm deeply skeptical that capitalism is a sensible long-term way to run our world. When everything can be made about money, everything is made about money. It d
by codydh 9y ago
I'm deeply skeptical that capitalism is a sensible long-term way to run our world. When everything can be made about money, everything is made about money. It doesn't matter how much we've taxed a corporation (especially in the recent environment of skyrocketing corporate profits), if the environment is ruined we're all in trouble.
Capitalism drives the conversion of everything into money, so it's no surprise to me when anything from votes to the air we breathe are turned into money.
- maxerickson 9y agoThe extremely capitalistic US has a relatively clean environment. Compared to China because we are already rich and compared to Europe because we have much lower population density. We generate a lot of carbon dioxide but the consequences of that are more long term, not experienced as contamination of things we interact with day to day.
- codydh 9y agoThis is an interesting point. Is this because industrial growth happened more quickly? In more concentrated areas?
- maxerickson 9y agoIt's because government isn't completely inert. Even members of US Congress are extremely responsive to issues they think will get them kicked out of office.
- WalterBright 9y agoOther systems not about money have been tried, and they are worse for the environment.