The myth that the market is supreme and will always provide the solution is demonstrably fracturing, in the area of the climate crisis and other existential areas of society. The fanatical application of one solution rather than moderate deployment of an array of approaches is the way to disaster.
It should be possible to rejoice over the belated conversion of the US and at the same time be disappointed in the way it has chosen to put this in practice. The US could have chosen to also increase demand for sustainable consumption and reduce its footprint this way.
The myth that the market is supreme and will always provide the solution is demonstrably fracturing, in the area of the climate crisis and other existential areas of society. The fanatical application of one solution rather than moderate deployment of an array of approaches is the way to disaster.
It should be possible to rejoice over the belated conversion of the US and at the same time be disappointed in the way it has chosen to put this in practice. The US could have chosen to also increase demand for sustainable consumption and reduce its footprint this way.
Given the scale and urgency of the challenge you can make case for both