> I believe in procedural symmetry: if you ACTUALLY care about people and the environment, then you wouldn't let other poorer do these thingAmerica barely cares about the domestic poor[1] - do you think it's captains of industry will care about the poor abroad? Charity begins at home.1. See locations of Superfund sites. Or for a modern example, where they are choosing to build AI datacenters powered by on-site diesel generators or gas turbines.

There is a reason these kind of things are no longer possible in much of the western world and especially Europe-like US states like California:After the deindustrialization people started to enjoy healthy air and clear water.As always when it comes to "the good old times" or "make great again", your brain will remember very selectively.I used to live next to a large river for about 35 years. As a kid, it was forbidden to swim in it, and if you did, you had weird oily chemicals on your skin that