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optissima@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  According to Karl Marx (in Das Kapital ) the deregulation of industry for sake of profit is inevitable.

  It’s cheaper to capture government than it is to follow regulations (which, in turn, are meant to serve the public, sometimes protect the public from industry)

  Some nations are trying to make the capture process slow or difficult, but none have stopped it, and it only accelerates.

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  • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But supporting their central point, Marx did propose a solution that would make microplastics evitable.

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    • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Only on the presumption that we didn’t detect it and aim for solutions sooner (e.g. invent circular recycling of plastics, replace major causes of microplastics with degradeable alternatives, say, vulcanized rubber with rubber and mushrooms).

      Also the society’s response in this late hour would probably be more effective than a disinformation campaign and a shrug.

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    • maccentric@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Would have made—that cat is out of the barn

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