Is it possible to pinch off a pop at “snack size” like this suggests? I’m asking because I have this exact same problem with my children at home. I don’t know how they do it. But surely it’s not something they can choose to do or not? Is it?

Capitalism and communism both need to same resources, they’re just distributed different.

I’m really not convinced by this. I’m not going to try and make an argument for communism. But the idea the amount of consumption under capitalism would be the same as under alternative economic systems is just absurd. The amount of waste created by planned obsolescence, fashion (fast and otherwise), consumption from status anxiety, the things people buy to cope with long working weeks and commutes. In addition to this the extra damage caused by the billionaires and mega rich.

We would still need access to the same types of resources under alternative economic systems. But there is so much waste created by things which are exclusive to capitalism.