> A handful of greedy CEOs didn't force billions of people to collectively emit 1.5 trillion tons of CO2. Oh by golly they certainly did! They tore up public t

> A handful of greedy CEOs didn't force billions of people to collectively emit 1.5 trillion tons of CO2. Oh by golly they certainly did! They tore up public transportation, forcing people to buy cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp... The suburbs could have had public transportation, but there was an active propaganda against that. Only poor people use buses, manipulating people into buying big, gas-guzzling cars by creating a demand for it. And then there is 50 years of a few CEOs suppressing evidence that this was wrecking the environment. So yes, a few evil CEOs really did work to manipulate people into ignoring their actions' consequences. I would say, given the strength of marketing and propaganda, they were indeed forced.