Shout out to the oil, meat, and shipping industries - eviltoast
  • flop@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Malthus was wrong about this too. It’s not the population that’s a problem, it’s miles of strip malls, filled with cheap trash, and meat and dairy every meal of the day.

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      1 year ago

      And why are those being built? Because the consumer population doesn’t care and continues consuming the cheapest dirtiest shit imaginable.

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        1 year ago

        Okay? That doesn’t change the fact that it’s the lifestyle of people in rich countries, not the number of people that is the problem.