Captain Planet always bothered me as a kid, even though I was (and continue to be) supportive of environmental protection. There was too much evil for the sake of evil. People don't destroy the environment because they want to. The destroy it because they don't care. They don't care because they are driven by greed, or some other motivation that is ultimately damaging to the environment, society, and civilization.

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zahlman 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, that's an entirely fair criticism. Media for children often has this kind of non-realism, and I think it's mostly for the worse.

Strangely enough, I was raised with quite a bit of environmental responsibility, but only a relatively dim awareness of the show existing.

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jajuuka 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's a cartoon meant to sell merch. It wasn't exactly meant to be a nuanced reflection of reality.

	▲	MisterTea an hour ago \| parent [-]
		This. Most cartoons produced on the 80's/90's were made to sell merch like toys. You can thank Gi-Joe. The irony here is a TV show about environmentalism generated pollution in the process of making plastic action figures and branded clothing which mostly wind up in the dump.