Sometime in the late 1940's to early 1950's my late mother-in-law was working in San Francisco. At the company she worked for investors would come in and pitch their ideas. She was not a "hot shot" at the company as she worked in the accounting department.
One day, a man came in to pitch his idea for investing in plastics. He pretty much preached to the entire company to get in on the ground level and invest as this is going to be HUGE and plastic will CHANGE THE WORLD.
My mother-in-law was skeptical, plus they did not have extra money at the time to gamble on an investment.
Well, well, well.....fast forward 70 years. The man who pitched plastics was right. It was a huge investment opportunity and those who got in at the ground level made piles of money.
Sadly, it is now killing us and our planet. Plastic is polluting our bodies and our environment to the point where even our hormones are impacted. It is impacting plants and animals alike.
I sure hope Mr Investor enjoyed his piles of money at the expense of our planet.
My maternal grandmother, who was born in 1903 and lived her life in rural Minnesota without electricity nor plumbing for most of her life was right. Her stance on pretty much everything was, "If it ain't natural, it ain't good for you. Anything that comes from a factory or laboratory is poison."
Gramma, you're not wrong. Mother-in-law, you were right to be skeptical.
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