Re: your implied argument for capitalism

"I would nevertheless point out that there is no reason why a socialist should be opposed to economic and technical developments that benefit humanity." Nor much reason why a socialist would be in favor of benefits to humanity either. And "socialism" is the state ownership of the means of production. That's somewhat different (but not unrelated) from simply banning new products out of anti-capitalist hatred. "it is a system that simply doesn't care one way or another whether its activities are beneficial or injurious to humanity" You have a high bar to clear if you want to argue that consumers having newer better choices made available to them are injurious to humanity. Not that market choices come without costs or mistakes, but the incentive to minimize them is inherent to the freedom of choice, not that the system "simply doesn't care one way or another." Except that capitalism is better for the environment. It's a not a flip of the coin as you would have. It's bad for the environment in the short-term, but in the long-term (as you purport to champion) the benefit is night and day.