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by azinman2 1099 days ago
Do other forms of government not rape the land, build industry, dump chemicals and pollutants, etc?

Not sure the history of North Korea, China, Soviet Union, etc is an environmentalist paradise.

3 comments

This is a form of "whataboutism" Just because some countries' governments are as bad as some corporations, does not mean either should get a free pass, or that corporations are not at fault for what they do.
The GP comment opposed capitalism in general. If you want to get rid of capitalism, that implies you have to replace it with something better
Certainly begs the question... are corporations and governments inextricable?
Corporations are governmental creations. There cannot be a corporation without a government.
Capitalism isn't a type of government. You seem to have missed the point. The ever expanding need for material wealth is what destroys. It doesn't matter by whom or to what ends or under what name.