[anniegetyourgun]

Of course capitalism helps the environment. Take a look around at the filthy commie, dictatorship, and even some socialist states around the globe. Evidence abounds.

[sauropod]

Ping.

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.
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[Cuttnhorse]

Great screen name!

[NovemberCharlie]

...poor people are willing to sacrifice clean water and air, healthy forests, and wildlife habitat for economic growth. But as their incomes rise above subsistence, "economic growth helps to undo the damage done in earlier years," says economist Bruce Yandle. "If economic growth is good for the environment, policies that stimulate growth ought to be good for the environment."

I discovered this in my high school economics class. We were given a list of various amenities, ranked from subsistence to poverty to middle class to wealthy, for various categories. Clothing, housing, entertainment, education, etc.

Then we were asked to rank them, given the option of only twenty of them total. My results were typical of the class: As soon as the barest necessities were taken care of, I wanted a cleaner environment (who wants to live in a sewer, after all?).