i know we’re all probably past realizing this but can you believe that science has come to a point where we’re coming up with all of these way better and way less harmful alternatives to things like plastic just for them to never be implemented on a large scale and instead be used in small and impractical situations that provide net zero benefit just because the companies that do produce plastic don’t want to let go of their stranglehold on the markets.
this is what we mean when we say “capitalism prevents innovation” in all of its ability to apply to the real world and not in some weird theoretical context. at the end of the day, capitalists want to turn a profit. and they can’t do that unless they buy out all the competition. going back to our plastic example, pretty much every executive in the plastic industry can agree that any widespread alternate to their product is gonna hurt their profits, so they can either choose to completely reform their companies and produce the alternative, or they can take the easy route and just spawn kill any plastic alternative kickstarter. this is what lenin meant by monopolies; it’s not just one company, but a number of companies that can all agree that anything outside of their jurisdiction is Bad and needs to be neutralized. it’s how entire industries can thrive despite the general population knowing that what they’re doing is bad.
