• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    23 days ago

    They wouldn’t. I think I’m coming to terms with the thought that all the talk of making polluters pay has just been there to manufacture consent for the extraction by calming the population that it’ll be taken care of. Kinda like the drcades-long plastic recycling campaigns that resulted in barely making a dent. It’s a terrible thought but perhaps if more people come to terms with it we’d demand different social contract for such economic activities.

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      23 days ago

      Totally agree with everything you’ve said

      I think I’m coming to terms with the thought that all the talk of making polluters pay has just been there to manufacture consent for the extraction by calming the population that it’ll be taken care of

      Kinda like ‘carbon capture’ 🤪