David Suzuki: The fundamental failure of environmentalism

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4. another important fact

we make assumptions about the moral principles of humankind.
No - not all parents want to protect their children from environmental health hazards.
No - not all people do not want to learn how pollution affects the health of humans and the ecology.
No - people do know that resources are limited and opt for getting theirs while they can.
No - many people do not even consider future generations at all.

The price of many jobs is acquiescence to the corporate dictates, which is a blind eye to the harm. It is then ingrained into the culture and families and is passed through the generations. Serfdom.