Arguments are only as good as their assumptions. When people defend plastic and technology, the argument is usually the same; the assumption is that no one in their right mind would ever want a lifestyle that doesn’t include all of modernity’s conveniences, like this poorly-argued Boston Globe article which completely ignores various alternatives to what the author describes. If you’ve been reading this comic, you can spot his ignorance easily, which paints poor recycling habits as the only real problem we’re facing, forgetting that most plastic isn’t really recyclable and that reusing things is a much better solution than maintaining our consumer lifestyle.