This isn’t the gotcha you seem to think it is. Mistakes and disasters will happen under any system because it’s impossible to definitively predict what will happen when dealing with complex systems.
The difference however is that capitalism necessitates growth by its very nature, and encourages businesses to externalize their costs such as environmental destruction in order to maximize profits. Capitalism is fundamentally built on the idea of endless consumption, and has created lots of innovations like planned obsolescence to keep producing things as quickly as possible.
On the other hand, communism doesn’t hinge on growth and constantly producing things in order for the economy to function. In fact, work is actually seen as a cost to the state. There is an incentive to produce goods that last and can be repaired.
Systemic pressures are very different between the two systems.
Just because a country is communist doesn’t mean they will automatically be better for the environment. However a communist country is better equipped and more willing to take actions to solve these real problems.
You mean the same China that’s currently the only major nation with an actual plan to transition off fossil fuels that’s being implemented at scale as we speak?
This isn’t the gotcha you seem to think it is. Mistakes and disasters will happen under any system because it’s impossible to definitively predict what will happen when dealing with complex systems.
The difference however is that capitalism necessitates growth by its very nature, and encourages businesses to externalize their costs such as environmental destruction in order to maximize profits. Capitalism is fundamentally built on the idea of endless consumption, and has created lots of innovations like planned obsolescence to keep producing things as quickly as possible.
On the other hand, communism doesn’t hinge on growth and constantly producing things in order for the economy to function. In fact, work is actually seen as a cost to the state. There is an incentive to produce goods that last and can be repaired.
Systemic pressures are very different between the two systems.
Just because a country is communist doesn’t mean they will automatically be better for the environment. However a communist country is better equipped and more willing to take actions to solve these real problems.
Right, a political system alone can’t guarantee that things will be better. What the system does is create selection pressures that drive behavior.
Theoretically, sure. Realistically, see China.
You mean the same China that’s currently the only major nation with an actual plan to transition off fossil fuels that’s being implemented at scale as we speak?
China’s also doing most of reforestation in the world
Meanwhile US/EU overwhelmingly responsible for emissions despite outsourcing a bunch of their production to countries like China.