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optissima@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
This implies that microplastics were inevitable because of the industrial revolution instead of because of the oil industry destroying regulation for 100 years.
According to Karl Marx (in Das Kapital ) the deregulation of industry for sake of profit is inevitable.
It’s cheaper to capture government than it is to follow regulations (which, in turn, are meant to serve the public, sometimes protect the public from industry)
Some nations are trying to make the capture process slow or difficult, but none have stopped it, and it only accelerates.
But supporting their central point, Marx did propose a solution that would make microplastics evitable.
Only on the presumption that we didn’t detect it and aim for solutions sooner (e.g. invent circular recycling of plastics, replace major causes of microplastics with degradeable alternatives, say, vulcanized rubber with rubber and mushrooms).
Also the society’s response in this late hour would probably be more effective than a disinformation campaign and a shrug.
I think it’s safe to assume that if we had stronger regulations, some of which were first implemented 1980, we’d be looking at significantly less than now.
Would have made—that cat is out of the barn
Emerald@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Plastic is made from petroleum. Petroleum is natural and good for you. I use a 1/4 tsp of petroleum in my water for flavor and I turned out fine.
optissima@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
No kidding my MiL said this about eating blackberries right off the highway during leaded gasoline times.
Emerald@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well yeah, don’t drink leaded gasoline of course, just the unleaded flavor
optissima@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
But leaded is presweetened!
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Extra sweet!