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"that erodes the environment and feeds people microplastics"... yes, the "Tragedy of the commons". But the issue is, the environment in non-free societies (=>
by ChemSpider 5y ago
"that erodes the environment and feeds people microplastics"... yes, the "Tragedy of the commons".
But the issue is, the environment in non-free societies (=> no free press) is in much worse shape.
- throwaway290 5y agoYou don't need to tell me that. I'm just saying it's not an obvious thing to many (thinking) people.
- sandworm101 5y agoNothing in politics is ever obvious. That is why we should shun leaders who rely on gut insticts, "common sense" and napkin math. The real world is messy. Answers are hard. Ideology must always remain an ideal, not a howto guidebook.
- throwaway290 5y agoIt's not obvious in itself, that's why I have a barrage of supporting arguments. However, it takes time to understand and adopt this viewpoint, especially if many people around you are conditioned to believe in the opposite and consider capitalism as evil or evil-adjacent.
- cmurf 5y agoDare we forget anytime soon the ~75 million fools who voted for a fool with autocratic tendencies, who's still giving Putin's ego lap dances this week. There's a pile of fools at Fox News being Putin apologists. Out of all the harm done by billionaires, Rupert Murdoch has been a worse menace to America than any of Putin's oligarchs. So yeah, it certainly remains very messy in the U.S. too.