On the Fact that if the Pursuit of Profit Is the Main Cause of Pollution In the World, Why Then Did We Ultimately Discover that Those Old Soviet-Bloc Countries (All of Which Possessed Command and Control Economies) Were Complete and Total Toxic Nightmares On a Level Unheard of In the West?

The obvious answer of course is that under communism secure property rights and a fair and impartial court system (where people can sue polluters and often win) are nowhere to be found...……...and, so, yeah, when you combine this brutal reality with communism's perennial tragedy of the commons of course you're going to get a horrid environment. Common sense, no?