My problem with the "free market" -- solutions are reactionary and sluggish to boot.... A solution to a pollution crisis won't come until enough people are dieing and now willing to pay for a solution... The free market lacks a critical feature humans do - long term foresight...
Here's a quote from elsewhere that articulates a little better...
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Seriously people, pick up some history books. Howard Zinn's would be a terrific start. We are immersed in and heading deeper toward what I would call 'soft fascism'. In other words a society ruled by corporations through puppet representatives with votes for sale - and the health care and oil industries are two of the top contributors.
Forget what you think you know about fascism, it doesn't have to come in the form of dictators like Hitler or Mussolini. It is a perversion of society where capitalism is allowed to run roughshod over the rights of the people in it with the assistance of the state. And contrary to what so many people think, the US was not built on unregulated capitalism, but rather a blending of socialism and capitalism - each kept in check. The Great Depression was the result of unchecked capitalism. Apparently the masses haven't learned that lesson.
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And as I've always said... If we care not to regulate ourselves -- nature is more than happy to do it for us - we're just not going to like that :/
I hyper mile because when I ride my bike - it stinks enough as-is....