Yet Soviets made a complete mess of environment without competition. There was no incentive for ecology, thus nobody cared. Capitalism, if market agrees that e

Yet Soviets made a complete mess of environment without competition. There was no incentive for ecology, thus nobody cared. Capitalism, if market agrees that ecology is important, can encourage competition. Soviet-style economy didn't offer a choice. Government running the economy didn't help either. Government-worker-environmentalist won't fine government-worker-factory-worker. Even if they did, it's basically paying from one your own pocket to another.