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Whereas communism is great for the environment! Aral Sea anyone?

• geraldhh 3y ago
  maybe we can agree that people are bad for the environment, no matter the political circumstances
  • sgjohnson 3y ago
    That we definitely can agree on. Although I’m not in denial. I’m not willing to compromise on my lifestyle one bit for environment.
  • bluescrn 3y ago
    But we don't talk about population. We can take their cars, meat, heating, and hope away, but we still need to keep breeding ever more people, in pursuit of endless growth on this finite planet...
• Log_out_ 3y ago
  They are both expressions of human nature at scale
• hkt 3y ago
  It seems administrations vary somewhat. Cuba, for instance, has six unesco biosphere reserves that are pretty pristine: https://cubaniatravel.com/stories/discover-cubas-six-unesco-biosphere-reserves-how-a-red-country-went-green/ https://cubaniatravel.com/stories/discover-cubas-six-unesco-... Edit: there are economic models that are neither capitalist nor communist, to boot