The only reason we successfully banned CFCs, is because the more environmentally friendly replacement was cheaper.
If the motivations for fighting climate change (or any problem, really) don't align with the profit motive of the affected corporations, nothing will be done.
I have a very pragmatic view on capitalism. It isn't inherently good or evil.
I used to believe this as well. The last decade or so has made me reconsider that belief.
To take it further, no taxes also means privately owned roads and other forms of public infrastructure.
A belief that all people are equal, and should be treated as such
Amazing response, and on point.
Not only are you presenting a false dichotomy, but you've also reduced two very complex concepts to flippant, inaccurate, "edgy" statements.
The concept of "wealth" itself is a byproduct of capitalism.
To add, that "inefficiency" has been codified, and it's not unintentional.
...as long as those "positive steps forward" don't involve redistributing wealth in a way to completely end those things you're attributing to nature, amirite?
The idea that workers, the people who are actually making a product, should have (at the very least) a stake in owning the means of that production, should be self-evident. There is an entire class of people, who have all the power and money, that are essentially unnecessary middle men that add nothing of value to society.
And somehow, they've convinced most of the world that we should be grateful for it.
Yeah, anyone who tries to tell you that "the free market will sort it out" when you ask about companies selling dangerous medications, equipment, chemicals, structures, etc. in unregulated markets, is either ignorant of reality or an actual monster.
And that's not even considering inelastic goods that put corporations in a position where they could continue to profit from human misery without the "free market" ever correcting it. And that's not even considering rent seeking.
Anyone who considers human lives as acceptable collateral in people's' obsession with compulsively gaining and hoarding wealth, has no place in modern society.
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