When criticized for producing and promoting more consumption of stuff, capitalists always bring out the tired argument that they are only responding to consumer demands and human nature.
In article after article, book after book, scientists and environmentalists have exposed the devastating effects of constant economic expansion on the global environment. The drive to produce ever more “stuff” is filling our rivers with poison and our air with climate-changing gases. The oceans are dying, species are dying out at unprecedented rates, water is running short, and soil is eroding much faster than it can be replaced.But the growth machine pushes on.