It has already begun, poor people getting poorer because economies are shifting away from unsustainable and injurious manufacturing. 20,000 people losing their jobs seems insane right now, but it may seem like nothing ten years from now. Here are some sickening numbers:

"Chinese people use up to 3 billion plastic bags a day and the country has to refine 5 million tonnes (37 million barrels) of crude oil every year to make plastics used for packaging."