Maybe this is a hot take, but it’s really unfortunate that only the unhinged conservative lunatics are willing to have this discussion.

It’s because the US has no left wing. There are the Democrats, who are more than happy to see big corpos getting rich by exploiting people. And there are the Republicans, who basically believe the same thing, but with an extra helping of being super reactionary to any kind of societal change. Neither party would approach this question from the perspective of “what does the science say about this topic?”