unfortunately consumers have been pre-conditioned to pricing structures and behaviors that completely discard all externalities. it would be a rude wake-up cal

unfortunately consumers have been pre-conditioned to pricing structures and behaviors that completely discard all externalities. it would be a rude wake-up call for most if suddenly this stuff had to be produced responsibly, without planned obsolecense or presumption of free landfill storage. however, this is exactly what needs to happen. and it needs to happen via regulation of the giant producers, because capitalism is not compatible with anything but maximizing profits and minimizing costs. individual action is mostly meaningless - if people had to personally kill the cattle they eat many would likely swear off meat. without direct involvement in the damaging process of production consumers are fsr too removed to stop consuming ethically-compromised, cheap goods.