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Re:Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and En... by Hermitian909 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:36AM (#21211583)
One of the big efficiencies they've found though, is that no one prices externalities properly.

By damaging the rest of society in ways that they're not directly accounted for, they find new ways to profit. Many have stayed competitive by costing the human race more that they provide in the long term in many cases.

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Re:Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and En... by pm90 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @09:45AM (#21214367)
Who is "they" here? Executives with MBA's? Middle managers? If so, this is true but only in aggregate. If you see private corporations strip mining the environment and society for profits, the Government and regulations are meant to be a check on that.
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