"We should not have to make an OnlyFans account for our marmots in order to get funding," Grad student Emily Renkey said. "But I think that's where we're at. We have to find creative ways to fund this project."

Why were we even at a point where businesses prefered destruction of unsold goods over handing them out to those in need ?

Fast fashion is bad enough, but how does a society reach a point where we rather destroy goods than give them out ?

Clothing isn't the only good this applies to.

A farmer who burns unspoiled grain when supply exeeds demand would be shunned by the village and today its common practice to throw food away and destroy unsold inventory.