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Re:Richard Posner: “The Real Corruption Is the Ownership of ... by maxerickson on Friday April 14, 2017 @08:31AM (#14114056)
The extremely capitalistic US has a relatively clean environment. Compared to China because we are already rich and compared to Europe because we have much lower population density.

We generate a lot of carbon dioxide but the consequences of that are more long term, not experienced as contamination of things we interact with day to day.

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Re:Richard Posner: “The Real Corruption Is the Ownership of ... by codydh on Friday April 14, 2017 @08:46AM (#14114124)
This is an interesting point. Is this because industrial growth happened more quickly? In more concentrated areas?
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Re:Richard Posner: “The Real Corruption Is the Ownership of ... by maxerickson on Friday April 14, 2017 @08:59AM (#14114177)
It's because government isn't completely inert.

Even members of US Congress are extremely responsive to issues they think will get them kicked out of office.

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