And just how many of those people can actually afford air purification and working face masks? Not many.
Disgusting.
It is at this point that we are faced with the conflict between the degree to which we ought to be free and the degree to which we ought to be imposed upon with patriarchal limitations (read: authority, not gender). Additionally, these considerations must be balanced with a more detached view of what would allow the most progress to occur. Arguably, one of the things that allowed western society to progress to the point it has is the less than ideal situations that were common in the early industrial era. Ultimately, it seems that this balancing act is a delicate one that depends very much on the general moral philosophy that one has going in.
In my opinion, the necessary features of that aforementioned 'dark' time in western society were necessary in two ways. They were necessary to establish the infrastructure, such as railroads, but they were also necessary to develop the body of ideas and understanding that we have to this day. And argument for the deregulation of places such as India, allowing for pollution events such as this, would rest solely on the argument for infrastructure. Such arguments may have some merit, but, given the fact that our 'intellectual infrastructure' is present across the globe, then it would seem that the consideration of pure economy would be better served by applying this knowledge rather than procedurally dragging different parts of the globe through the hell that was the early industrial era. Decisions, given enough knowledge by an authority, ought ultimately to be implemented regardless of considerations of autonomy. If a green state is possible to implement from the get-go, then I suspect that both the physical and ideological infrastructure of the future would be best served by a degree of patriarchal imposition.
In other words: Perhaps this sort of thing ought not the be allowed.
There's a significantly simpler solution to this that that conundrum;
Simply internalize externalities via penal taxes and fines for pollution.
the problem is quite a lot of these traditional industries and traditional practices put out enormous amounts of pollution at the scale modern india carries them out with. the firecrackers are an egregious example, they aren't doing anything productive but since its a tradition its carried on bigger and bigger each year. old wood and coal fired industries like brick kilns should be industrialized for the sake of more efficient lower pollution processes. its just how do you do this when people don't have the will to force change? the deaths from pollution like this are silent, gradual deaths that don't make waves but certainly form large sustained trends. britain didn't give a shit about its horrible smog until thousands died from it all at once but tens of thousands likely died from it over the decades before that. we have that problem in the US as well
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