• finder
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    3 days ago

    Extracting free resources of the land

    Not to be contrarian, but there is a cost to extract those “free” resources; like labor, equipment, transportation, lobbying (AKA: bribes for the non-Americans), processing raw material into something useful, research and development, et cetera.

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      12 days ago

      While true, they tend not to bare the costs of the environmental damage, at least when these activities are poorly regulated.

      • finder
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        If basic economics get you upset, then alright.

        Bye o/