A Society that puts Profit before People and their Environment Will not Survive: Agree or Disagree?

by JMCC Posted 2012/10/07 14:40:55

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	I agree...	44 votes	69%
	I disagree...	16 votes	25%
	Undecided	4 votes	6%

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jubil8 BN-0 PON 2012/10/08 03:54:07

I agree...

+1
And we're proving it right now.

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TheR 2012/10/08 00:59:32

I disagree...

+2
Reality is you can not have Profit without an Environment.

People will figure out how to protect the environment, and do things, without the need for profits. If people agree, there is no need for having more.

My electricity machine will change the world, to support clean air, clean travel, clean tourism, and supporting the environment.

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Lady Whitewolf 2012/10/08 00:38:38 (edited)

I agree...

+3
LIKE THIS GUY?

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gimini210 2012/10/07 23:56:59

I disagree...

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Fact is you can have both. Capitalism works and even China is going back to it because socialism was destroying their country. Capitalism gives people the desire to create and without that desire people would stop creating new ways of doing things and part of those creations will be a cleaner way of doing it such as solar and wind. People came up with those plans with the idea of profit without that motivating them there would of been no solar or wind. Think before you post.

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Wulfdane 2012/10/07 23:32:38 (edited)

I disagree...

+1
Capitalism has brought more people out of poverty and raised the standard of living for more people than any other economic system.

Fact.

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swim2bgood 2012/10/07 22:20:14

I agree...

+4
And thus we are failing...

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Angi 2012/10/07 21:14:27

I agree...

+5
When profit is all that matters, people and the environment don't.

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Rukasaki ~~ Hawkshadow 2012/10/07 19:34:19

I agree...

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hence why america is going down the tubes

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Christopher Kirchen 2012/10/07 18:44:06

I disagree...

+1
Such societies have survived for centuries; if anything has been the downfall of societies it's the Pleasure Principle.

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Picasso's Cat 2012/10/07 18:29:05
Answer Ops 2012/10/07 18:09:04 (edited)

I disagree...

+2
People will always find a way to survive, with that said this ideology of putting profit before people and environment could be a major factor in the number or survivors and the amount of habitat that they can settle.

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Lady Wh... to Answer Ops 2012/10/09 17:41:34

+1
like that shoulder patch!

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Answer Ops to Lady Wh... 2012/10/11 17:51:26

+1
Thank you

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Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2012/10/07 18:05:53

I disagree...

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19th century Europe. Especially the UK. Most powerful nation on the face of the earth, no regard at all for workers or the Environment. Same with China 1950+.

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Duke----The Non Racist, Fun... 2012/10/07 17:49:18

I agree...

+4
Yes, totally agree

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Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/10/07 16:42:04

I disagree...

+1
China seems to be doing just fine.

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JMCC to Jackie ... 2012/10/07 16:48:06

+4
Would you consider this to be OK if this were your country?

Pollution:-

Foxconn living conditions...

Hand pollination due to insect death from pollution...

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Jackie ... to JMCC 2012/10/07 17:27:18

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Where did I say it was okay????

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JMCC to Jackie ... 2012/10/07 17:35:09

I understood from your statement "China seems to be doing just fine" that this was "fine" or OK...Was I wrong to interpret it that way?

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Jackie ... to JMCC 2012/10/07 17:49:25

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Of course - the question was: "A Society that puts Profit before People and their Environment Will not Survive: Agree or Disagree?" My answer was that China (which is doing just that) was doing just fine. I did not say that I agreed with what they are doing but it is fair to say that they are surviving just fine

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JMCC to Jackie ... 2012/10/07 17:56:30

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I understand what you mean now, yet don't believe they are because the pollution is now affecting their health and food supply.

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Jackie ... to JMCC 2012/10/07 17:59:07

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Their general lack of regard for human life (and for centuries) will undoubtably continue as they pursue control of world monetary system

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JMCC to Jackie ... 2012/10/07 18:02:30

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Even they are in serious trouble - the provinces are heavily in debt and their economy is far from self sustaining yet.

The global economic problem is slowing them down and may even stall them.

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Lady Wh... to JMCC 2012/10/09 17:42:02

Crazy, huh?

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JMCC to Lady Wh... 2012/10/09 17:44:50

+1
Totally.

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D.C. Willis 2012/10/07 16:39:46

I agree...

+4
Shipping jobs overseas to avoid EPA regulations is a prime example. The regulations are put in place to help protect the WORLD environment. We all live in the same bio dome, so to speak.

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Lady Wh... to D.C. Wi... 2012/10/09 17:42:24

+1
Well said

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BabyBear 2012/10/07 16:34:12

I agree...

+4
Between undrinkable water, acid rain, air that actually cause respiratory problems, and soil that is outright poisonous.... all cause by people/businesses more concerned with their pocketbooks than with being safe. Besides the economic disaster in the Gulf, and the pollution that ruined the Gulf of Mexico... remember how many lives were lost due to one companies blatant disregard for people or the environment; and those lives lost can NEVER be replaced.

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ElChorizon© 2012/10/07 16:28:55

I disagree...

A society that will put the environment before people will not survive.

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Lady Wh... to ElChori... 2012/10/09 17:42:40

BALONEY.

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ElChori... to Lady Wh... 2012/10/09 17:48:15

Baloney, official food of the yes we can klan.

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Lady Wh... to ElChori... 2012/10/09 18:48:25

Gee, it's funny that my Cherokee ancestors "put Mother Earth First" and they made out FINE for hundereds and hundreds of years!

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Joe Shwingding BN-ZERO 2012/10/07 16:06:54

I disagree...

+1
the US has exported all its polluting, inflation, and labor laws to countries that openly trash their people and environment. The US will continue to have half the economy working while the other half slides into pleebian society .... but who cares about pleebs?

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Live Free Or Die 2012/10/07 15:57:07

I agree...

+3
The state of the environment has a direct impact on economics. Take the BP oil spill for example. Many profits for big oil, but the fishing, shrimping and tourism industries took a big hit.

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BabyBear to Live Fr... 2012/10/07 16:36:47

Earth fixes herself. It may take 100,000 or a million years (not long in comparison to the Earth), but remember, there were 11 lives lost that day and that can NEVER be replaced.

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Live Fr... to BabyBear 2012/10/07 17:21:29

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Economics and environmental resources go hand in hand, which was my point. Earth does heal itself, but like any injury, if it is very great it cannot necessarily recover or will take a very long time to repair. I agree about the 11 lives not being able to be replaced. That was a safety issue. But both safety and environmental regulations are important.

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BabyBear to Live Fr... 2012/10/07 19:25:10

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Agreed. But, safety and environmental concerns typically go hand-in-hand. Look at BP, Chernobyl, Bhopal, Exxon Valdez, PG&E....; the list goes on. All of those were massive failures to observe safety practices. Too bad, it usually takes disasters on this scale to get people to open their eyes, and even then companies are so.profit driven that many ignore it, or simply don't care.

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Live Fr... to BabyBear 2012/10/07 19:30:36

True, you make good points.

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mich52 2012/10/07 15:51:42

I agree...

+4
Sounds about right..

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Joe 2012/10/07 15:50:44

I agree...

+4
No environment, No existence. Next question.

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