• chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You just described the exact problem. Corporations chasing cheap supply, consumers following because they have no choice, and somehow ethics never gets to be anyone’s department. That’s not a counterargument, that’s the mechanism.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      That’s not a counterargument, that’s the mechanism.

      Yup. It’s just capitalism. Resources are distributed on the basis of profit on capital. Any other consideration is secondary or tertiary, or non-existent. Anyone unhappy with it should be actively looking into alternatives and organizing for it. I am unhappy with it and I’m doing some of that.