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> Then for comparison research when capitalist countries passed their various environmental protection laws. Then, for comparison, research the position people
by notahacker 3y ago
> Then for comparison research when capitalist countries passed their various environmental protection laws.
Then, for comparison, research the position people describing themselves as libertarians hold and held on the existence of these laws...
(I'm not a big fan of blanket statements on growth like "we should slow down" either, but libertarians deserve no more credit for the enactment of environmental laws they campaigned against than Stalinists do for the reunification of Germany)
- thworp 3y agoMy comment was specifically a response to the "because it is capitalism on steroids" line of reasoning which implied that global warming and environment destruction are consequences of capitalism.