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Essentially, we need a better system than capitalism.

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• CptFribble 8y ago
  That's too broad. We can have almost any system, as long as the incentives are aligned correctly. We don't make companies pay for externalities, and we should. Maybe we could tax companies that sell plastic packaged things to pay for recovery costs, or make them recover it themselves. There's lots of options and many of them could exist in a world where private interests make profit. We just can't let profit be the goal, it has to be the reward for acting responsibly.
  • andrekandre 8y ago
    seems difficult as long as capital is raised in a top down manner, since its those who hold the leash are the ones who demand compound annual growth (which is the real root of the problem imo)
• chewz 8y ago
  I agree. The main objective of capitalism is making people consuming more and more and never only as much as one needs. To change that mindset we need to get rid of capitalism in the first place. This is also thesis of Naomi Klein book http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2018/08/capitalism-killed-our-climate-momentum-not-human-nature http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2018/08/capitalism-killed...