Those of us living in the Global North are part of the most wasteful, careless, short-sighted culture in the history of the world. We buy too much, eat too much, and throw away far too much. But there’s a reason for this.

While it’s true that consumers are responsible for their own choices, do not lose sight of the fact that capitalists have pushed consumer demand onto the masses with incessant invasive advertising and egregious planned obsolescence, along with organized propaganda in schools and in the media about the unquestionable value of economic growth.

We didn't get here by accident. It's not simply 'human nature'. It's the result of deliberate manipulative effort made by greedy capitalists, supported by their flunkies in government.

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Ocean industrialisation in biodiversity habitat

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/03/human-activity-is-powering-a-new-industrial-revolution-at-sea-say-experts
#Ocean #clutter #Biodiversity #marine #degradation #habitat #pollution #FossilFuels #infrastructure