19 Facts About The Deindustrialization Of America That Will Make You Weep

[Pacafishmate]

8. I'm not saying that it's responsible.

I'm saying that not polluting, whether it be here, in China or anywhere else will inevitably result in higher prices. Most people are too shortsighted to care about the environment over the price of the plastic dog turd. There are millions of people who don't care about pollution here, let alone somewhere thousands of miles away. The average person will not accept a lower standard of living to protect the environment. You and I may understand the pollution is bad, but to most people it's irrelevant as long as things are cheap. All life is selfish. We can blame corporations all we want, but as long as the consumer is ignorant or just selfish, nothing will change.