"I don't recycle because it's not an economically viable activity without subsidization"
But that's not the point, and I presume you know that as well. Sometimes I try to imagine how future generations may experience living in totally totally artificial environments where nothing can be taken for granted, not even the breathable air or the (living) space. If you can envision such perspective (and at least some reasons for its necessity), you may then deduce that there is a transitory path that must be prepared ahead.
But that's not the point, and I presume you know that as well. Sometimes I try to imagine how future generations may experience living in totally totally artificial environments where nothing can be taken for granted, not even the breathable air or the (living) space. If you can envision such perspective (and at least some reasons for its necessity), you may then deduce that there is a transitory path that must be prepared ahead.