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[–] PeteMyMeat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 77 points 1 year ago (14 children)

They’re not just wrecking the environment for no reason, they make products people consume

[–] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's largely a problem of government that is exacerbated by the influence of the businesses themselves. It's the governments job to enact policy change that force business to address these issues and develop more sustainable production process and product offerings, but since the government has essentially been bought out by those same businesses, nothing happens at all.

We can't decouple business from government without policy changes that would place limitations on such influence, and we cannot enact those policies because of the influence from businesses. I don't see a solution unless people wise up and elect a lot of people in the same election cycle not beholden to these groups, but I don't know how that can be accomplished.

[–] Tyrannosauralisk@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Whoo, you saved me the effort of typing out a response!

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