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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 55 points 3 days ago (2 children)

More people need to learn about and think about externalized costs.

"This plastic cup is free! ... if I ignore the fact that it's going into a landfill or worse"

"This delivery is free! ... if I ignore the fact that the delivery guy is getting fucked by capital"

[–] grue@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

More governments need to tax externalized costs.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io -2 points 3 days ago

You're last point doesn't hold if you tip generously, which i bet most people in this forum do. I've heard that delivery people in the right neighborhood can make bank. In which case they're still "getting fucked by capital" but no more than any of the rest of us