GeofCox on Nostr: "The interests of some of the most powerful industries on Earth are represented as ...
"The interests of some of the most powerful industries on Earth are represented as the interests of the working man and woman, trying to go about their business while greens and bureaucrats impede them." - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/22/air-pollution-lobbying-politics-ulez
In particular, the argument that dirty businesses are justified because they 'create jobs' is ludicrous. If you go out a fill a shopping trolley with food, throw it all away, and go out and buy another trolley-full, you 'create' more jobs than if you'd actually eaten the food.
'Creating jobs' that are destructive of human or planetary well-being is as destructive as this,
In particular, the argument that dirty businesses are justified because they 'create jobs' is ludicrous. If you go out a fill a shopping trolley with food, throw it all away, and go out and buy another trolley-full, you 'create' more jobs than if you'd actually eaten the food.
'Creating jobs' that are destructive of human or planetary well-being is as destructive as this,