Oh no, they knew plastics were bad news. They invented recycling to shift the conversation to consumers and now our entire planet is blanketed with it.
I think that you’re right to assume that corporations do not give a fuck beyond profit. I think you’re wrong to assume that they somehow ‘knew’. Occam’s Razor dictates that they likely didn’t.
When you see shit like this, you KNOW, they knew the shit was bad bit didn’t want to lose profit.
I don’t think so.
Human history can be summed up in two words: unintended consequences.
Oh no, they knew plastics were bad news. They invented recycling to shift the conversation to consumers and now our entire planet is blanketed with it.
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled
After seeing this happen with so many other things, it’s hard to think of the corporation as a hapless victim of chance.
I think that you’re right to assume that corporations do not give a fuck beyond profit. I think you’re wrong to assume that they somehow ‘knew’. Occam’s Razor dictates that they likely didn’t.