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[–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

It's not just empathy for the sake of empathy. We are part of a delicate ecosystem that is affected in millions of ways, especially unnatural things. Everything we do to it will splash back on us.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    The conservatives I know all have this mindset: "It'll figure itself out. The drive for profit always finds a way." It's a nearly admirable amount of trust, if only it wasn't so horrendously misplaced.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    The trouble is negative externalities don't have a part in that thinking. You need enforced legislation to concert the gap, and that's been on the decline for decades (e.g. enabling monopolies, weakened environmental laws, regressive taxation, etc, etc).

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