• SectoidLexi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 days ago

    What else would it be? Capitalism is built on maximizing profit in a market system. Thus everything else comes at the expense of that. There are entire towns and villages in Mexico going with little to no water because coca-cola is extracting most of their natural water sources to make sugary soft drinks because it’s more profitable than meeting needs or preserving natural water sources. This isn’t complicated.

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      9 days ago

      What else would it be? Capitalism is built on maximizing profit in a market system.

      You are sneaking in this inane premise that we exist under pure, free-market capitalism, and always have.

      Try again.

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        No I’m merely suggesting that those who own capital, especially major shareholders in environmentally destructive industries will simply try to be profitable however they can regardless of impact on the environment. They may even utilize state influence to do so. Hence why there is no “pure free market capitalism”, just class interests.