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Stop trying to make everything a "business opportunity". There will always be a competitive advantage in exploiting people and destroying the environment. Peo
by TOGoS 7y ago
Stop trying to make everything a "business opportunity". There will always be a competitive advantage in exploiting people and destroying the environment. People don't burn down rainforests for the fun of it.
If civilization is going to survive it's because we collectively recognize the destructive nature of markets based around profits and start doing things for the sake of life.
- esailija 7y agoHow dare you question the will of free markets and the dictatorship of capital. The Invisible Hand will somehow make sure everything works out just fine in the end, I'm sure of it. Huh I guess we aren't post-religion society after all.
- bryanlarsen 7y ago$20/gallon gas may be a "business opportunity" for some but it will have the vast majority of capitalists screaming at the top of their lungs. If you want to combat capitalism and big corporate you directly hit it where it hurts, in their profits. Adding rules and regulations and outright bans just induces regulatory capture and ends up strengthening big corporations. A carbon tax is the most effective means for combating climate change because it's so straightforward and because it provides direct pressure on capitalism's precious markets.
- beatgammit 7y agoAnd if you simply refund the money to citizens, you preserve the market's ability to self relate instead of picking winners and losers through subsidies and regulations. Maybe increasing gas prices will favor electric cars, maybe we'll see a resurgence in hydrogen or other alternative fuel sources, idk. What I do know is that polluting will be less attractive and we'll see innovations.