Also, the environmental damage was, if anything, even more rampant, because environmental regulation is a post WW2 development. Without the devastating smog late in 1952 in London, Great Britain wouldn't have its air quality regulations. People just, generally, didn't care, and so neither did the politicians until thousands died to air pollution in days.
It only seems less rampant because we didn't produce as many resources per capita in those days, even though at the same time production processes were more polluting and/or didn't try to catch pollutants before they ended up in the environment, and it was rarely reported upon.
It only seems less rampant because we didn't produce as many resources per capita in those days, even though at the same time production processes were more polluting and/or didn't try to catch pollutants before they ended up in the environment, and it was rarely reported upon.