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Re:The campaign against plastic is harming the planet and th... by sydbarrett74 on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:52AM (#24624256)
John Tierney is a right-wing hack. All of his pieces can be summarised thusly: 'Pollution is overrated. The world is a big place! Carry on with business as usual! Own the libs!'
Re:The campaign against plastic is harming the planet and th... by hexbinencoded on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @04:16AM (#24625261)
Appears to be a libertarian ideologue and ignorant of the Tragedy of the Commons. I bet he would've said there were plenty of trees to chop down at the last stand of them on Easter Island. It's nauseatingly-dishonest and cognitively dissonant in the name of instant satisfaction without self-control or long-term consequences.