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Can Environmentalism Be Compatible with Capitalism?

Hmmm. Environmental hot air. They will never be compatible. Like you said Capitalism promotes almost "unfettered" freedom, only restrained (persuasively, not complusively) by market forces.

Environmentalism on the other hand can only be mandated or forced.

And why? Man is basically selfish. Anyone who says otherwise is delusional. Capitalism is an invisible hand that manages that selfishness. Environmentalism can only be imposed like Communism but it will cost anyone who tries - - - that is what crashed the Berlin Wall, the countries behind the iron curtain just went bankrupt. But see, a war was not fought, it was market forces that brought the wall down.

That is why the US Auto industry is down, it is subjected to environmental constraints that the rest of the world is subjected to. Try imposing more environmental rules on US companies and we will witness the rest of the world making the money and still abusing the environment.