Capitalism tends to despoil the land and pollute the atmosphere. In the effort to increase demand, production, and profits, cap- italist firms mine the ores, pump the petroleum and saturate the land with pesticides, fungicides, and growth hormones. In order to reduce costs, 'waste' materials are dumped into the rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. Noxious fumes and carbon di-oxides are let loose in the very air we breathe. Solid wastes are left for others to clear and clean.
Pollution despoils the very environment upon which all life depends.
The Capitalist State tends to grow and grow. In order to solve the two major problems of a capitalist economy, more and more people and funds are removed from productive labor and from private hands and put into the state sector. The Realization Problem. In order to help capitalist firms realize profit, the state guarantees markets and raw materials even if it means war with other capitalism nations. The Legitimacy Problem.