The surplus wealth created by capitalism is the only reason why people have the luxury of giving a damn about the environment in the first place. Maoist China destroyed its forests to make charcoal for low quality iron and killed most of their birds in an attempt to slightly boost grain production. The Soviet Union drained the Aral Sea to grow cotton. The residents of Easter island completely destroyed their environment. They all cared about "short term profits" as much as any capitalist. They simply weren't as good as executing it.
Glad we agree on something. The only use of overly broad and overly vague criticism of capitalism is for an aspiring dictator to motivate the proletariat to overthrow the status quo.
