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On short-term (while resources are enough), probably none of the 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - make sense in Capitalism, except to guarantee the long-term surv
by galfarragem 7y ago
On short-term (while resources are enough), probably none of the 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - make sense in Capitalism, except to guarantee the long-term survival of the system itself. Most politicians already acknowledged it and they seem to prefer the (uneconomical) Recycle than the game changers Reduce and Reuse.
- IanCal 7y agoSurely every player in a capitalist has an incentive to reduce or reuse material in their own production, and an incentive to recycle if it is cheaper than binning it.
- pornel 7y agoProducer of garbage doesn't pay the cost of disposing it (consumers do), and even the cost of garbage disposal doesn't seem to factor in larger environmental costs. You can produce plastic without paying a cent towards cleanup of The Great Pacific garbage patch.