Capitalism's chart, apparently, belongs in the post office. Celebration is premature. And capitalism treats the earth with abandon too. Asbestos, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, lead, nitrogen oxide, pesticides, radon, tobacco smoke, and organic gases from paints, solvents, aerosol sprays, and disinfectants corrupt the environment where we live and work and thereby reduce the quality of our health and our longevity. Waste dumps threaten our water and air.
Acid rain depletes forest life.
The greenhouse effect threatens all life. Meanwhile government agencies undertake to study the relevant problems yet again, while 50,000 people work in the tobacco industry alone. Suppose all the above could be fixed. Suppose it was possible to have Sweden everywhere, social democracy for all. It would be better, to be sure, but not good enough.