On the upside, maybe some people will realize just how much trash we already were swimming in before it became economical to produce.

Like, if you pay attention to American politician bribery scandals, I think most people come to the conclusion: how fucking cheap are American politicians? They'll take a fucking hamburger to screw over their constituents.

You could study the downfall of the following to identify historical patterns that arise:

- corrupt officials

- empires (esp. the fall of the Roman empire as it relates to falling quality of soil used for agriculture)

- dictators/autocrats

- etc

This is what truly enrages me. Especially in the Trump era. A "policy decision" will come out which may destroy billions of dollars of value in one place, but make a billion dollars for another party. And you find out that benifiting company had spent "10 million dollars a year" on lobbyists and campaign contributions.

NOTHING has the ROI that American bribery does. And companies mostly have to do it because if they don't their competitors will, and BURY them.

I would define voting in favor of any legislation favorable for a company or person, after accepting anything of value including campaign contributions from them, as constituting bribery. I'd also redefine bribery of an elected official as well as accepting that bribe, as a form of treason and punished accordingly. Bring back the gallows.