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The hole is people not realizing or not caring about the burdens they have to bear until it's too late. Consumers are simply stupid when it comes to complex issues where benefits aren't easily realized. And the nature of capitalism means that someone will always chase a buck - and damn the consequences. You yourself agree that the market can supply almost everything that people want to buy. If the thing that people want to buy is the last skin of an Asian lion, or the last ivory of an African elephant, someone will supply it, if not kept in check.

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And the way to keep it in check is... property rights, of course. If you own african lions, are you going to harvest the skins from all of them and not leave any left to "sustainably" reproduce?

If they are unowned, and some government prevents people from owning them, you're going to just get all you can before someone else does.

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If you want stagnation, you can have it, nobody will stop you.

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Long term sustainability is not stagnation. But it does cost, and people simply aren't smart enough to pay it. Fast food proves that.

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Fast food proves what?