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by kazen44 2410 days ago
the fact that environmental issues are a burden to a society instead of a company in itself is already a problem.

Many companies make huge profits because the enviromental impact of their work is an externiality, and they do not carry that cost.

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Yeah, I just couldn’t be bothered to dive down that hole, but I wanted to add it as it is part of what is completely broken.

Probably the biggest part, as we will come to see.