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Originally Posted by Larryandlinda
Whether an industry kills or harms people, animals, the ecology, is not the issue.
Our comparison aims to show that just because an activity or business creates jobs does not mean it's 'good for' whatever.
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But like it or not things that are 'good for' or 'not good for' are the invention of how our society and world have evolved. You go to a fast food place and your expectation is to be served food in disposable wrappers. I doubt that paper gets recycled. When I was a kid we went to the snack shop for a burger and it was served on a plate. McDonalds came along and mass marketed food served on paper. Society accepted it and here we are billions of burgers - and billions of burger wrappers - later.
So is direct mail good or bad? A company sends out 100,000 direct mail ads. They get a 1% response and sell 1000 items. They stay in business. They ship them out UPS, the UPS driver keeps his job. They deposit the funds, the bank stays open. The bank sends out statements, the post office stays afloat. The employees, the UPS driver, the bank teller, and the postal employee all go out shopping, more jobs. But still 99,000 pieces of that mailing are in the trash. Oh wait, here comes the trash man in his new car!