Perhaps it was easier to push the right in that direction, to get them started, but nothing will disable the left quite like elitism. Nothing makes the people on the left special, or somehow immune.
If we recognize that this kind of manipulation is happening to others, we should be examining our own behaviors, motivations, and intentions for similar effects.
I have no interest in being manipulated into contributing to the chaos and destruction to serve someone else's political goals. And if we believe that the path the right has taken is lined with mistakes and cruelty, why would we then follow them down the same path?
Our path should look like this:
It's kind of surprising this sort of incident doesn't happen more often. Asbestos is a form of silicate crystal (like quartz) that forms in long thin strands. It's very common:
It's so dangerous because it's basically like microscopic glass needles. Because they're silicate crystals they're chemically inert - nothing in your body can break them down, so once they're inside you they tend to stay there.
This is one of the reasons you shouldn't just go exploring unfamiliar caves. They could literally be full of asbestos, which you could disturb just by walking around. If you don't know what you're looking for you might never notice it, it just looks like rock:
There is a global sand shortage. Not that we're actually running out of sand in general, but that the easiest to collect sources of high-quality sand are mostly used up, and what there is on the market gets bought up by electronics companies to make your smartphone screen, and then glass companies to make windows and lab equipment and bakeware, and then concrete companies. I assume the material that ends up in children's products is cheap, low-grade stuff that nobody else wants to buy.