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Originally Posted by Sean  Big business tycoons and manufacturing industries don't recognize the importance of preserving growth of trees and so on, in which case, the government usually puts regulations into place |
To what extent is big business the problem? For example, I've met Greens that take a hybrid of orthodox and Marxist theory to construct arguments for the forced elimination of all sizable corporations. They argue that its more than just about regulation, it is also an appreciation of the destructiveness of big business for sustainable development. Thus, we first secure conservatism (with environmental damage maximised) by corporations defending their profits to the detriment of the general good. We then can refer to concepts such as alienation where big business economics becomes about transforming all needs into the need for commodities.