Links between Bradford and Baxter

Bradform makes many claims about the evils of capitalism which I can accept, however I am unsatisfied with his solution to the problem. To me it seems that capitalism does generate tragedies and perhaps in many ways it pressures people to do such things in order to lower cost. In my opinion it seems that capitalism can be used both for good and bad, however the stress on increasing profits set by capitalism seems to invite the abuse of people. Where Bradford fails to convince me is with the idea that we should simply reject capitalism and revert to an older way of living. To me it seems impossible to do so at this point, and it seems questionable as to whether it would even be desirable. While the villages may be more ecologically friendly older societies were often less tolerant and less educated. I also don’t understand what exactly he intends to have replace capitalism, and to me I feel that people will still be abused though perhaps not by the wastes of large processing plants.
Baxter also seems to address the issue in some ways by showing that there is a trade-off between pollution and what we gain from it. This seems to allow the idea that while there may be too much pollution; we do not have to return all the way to surviving by subsistence farming. I do wonder whether Baxter is right about using resources always creating pollution. I would largely agree it is common for this to be true in a capitalist society but I am not sure that it is always true. For example I would find it hard to believe that walking through a natural environ and picking wild berries or another natural product and then using it yourself would be pollution. I mean it would be possible to do so in an ecologically unfriendly way but I believe it could also be done in a nonpolluting and eco-friendly way. However this is outside of any capitalist system, though to be it does seem to be an example of when resource use does not lead to pollution. Personally I would agree that we should try to pollute less though perhaps not make a radical shift back to subsistence farming. To me it seems like we need to decide how much value a human has and how protected they should be from such an industrial-capitalist society. To me it seems we often pick wealth over preserving or bettering human life.