Well, hello from Eastern Europe where after 40 years of building communism we had forests burnt by acid rains (lignite coal power plants without any filters), d

Well, hello from Eastern Europe where after 40 years of building communism we had forests burnt by acid rains (lignite coal power plants without any filters), dead rivers smelling like sewer and full of nasty foam (cleaning facilities are expensive, comrade!) trash everywhere and thick smog from industry emissions being absolutely normal. Those things are fixed now, because necessary regulation were put in place, but it has nothing to do with capitalism or communism.