I don’t think many would disagree with the statement that things have improved, cleaner water, air, etc.
What most of us object to is the tremendous cost of these advances. Not in dollars, but in freedoms.
That tremendous cost of freedom isn’t a one time thing, it goes on and on, losses of freedom compounding in the same way interest compounds.
Considering the costs, I, for one, would prefer the dirty water.
I think it’s incomprehensible to be okay with dirty water and air where you live. Maybe it hasn’t happened where you are, but that would be a poor excuse, anyway.
When ideology becomes more important than your health and the health of those close to you, something is wrong, no matter if it comes from the Right the Left or anywhere else.
No issue is more important than the health of the populace.