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But the billionaires have been making record profits!
I wonder how much longer it will take to the masses to finally understand that all that money the billionaires made was stolen from them in the form of underpaid wages, overpriced products, tax credits, subventions, and externalities.
If I could make one wish to fix things, it would be to eradicate all externalities. Don't get me wrong, I'm aware this would absolutely suck for a while. Without some kind of matching increase in wages or subsidies, it would ruin a lot of people that I don't think deserve it. But when you have to pay for the cost of recapturing the CO2 you produce, when you have to pay for the actual cost of producing the plastic you throw away, we would very quickly get better alternatives. Biodegradable packaging would become more common. Alternatives to gas would explode. Interest in walkable areas and public transit would grow. Industries that really need disposable plastics are also rich enough to afford proper disposal, like medicine and electronics. After enough time, we'd just live in a better, cleaner world with less waste and more care put into our distribution networks.
We only have all the bullshit because they've been pushing the bill along to the next generation and the next and the next, and we are seeing the bill come due.