Green Thumbs Sore
Validity: Must have high eco-friendliness and a market economy.
Description
Sensing a lucrative marketing opportunity, several major corporations attempted to capitalize on the nation's eco-friendly attitude by saturating every single one of their products with dubious claims such as "environmentally safe," "divinely blessed by Mother Nature herself," and everything in between. With countless other companies quickly following and scores of activists taking to the streets, the burden falls on you to broker a green peace.
Option 1
"I don't see the problem here," says United @@MAJORINDUSTRY@@ CEO @@RANDOMNAME@@, teasing you with some 100% recyclable organic @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@. "It's not as though we're lying to people: all our products contain so much environmental advertising that people buying them basically have no choice but to embrace the green craze! If that's not 'all profits go towards supporting the environment,' I don't know what is!"
Effect: lumberjacks only use certified eco-friendly chainsaws
Option 2
"Not as though you're lying?!" shrieks random activist @@RANDOMNAME@@, smacking what @@HE@@ assures you is not a 100% recyclable organic petition down on your desk. "This is making a mockery out of all our efforts! 'Green this, green that'- it has to end! If a company wants to put environmental claims in their advertising, they need to back them up with scientific fact."
Effect: people buying house plants need to sign off on a few dozen pages of legal documentation verifying it is indeed a house plant
Option 3
"Allow me to, ahem... advertise a solution," cackles carbon-suited bureaucrat @@RANDOMNAME@@, excitedly fiddling with a roll of red tape. "How about the government outlaws all private advertising, and we just charge to design ads and product packaging ourselves? It'll solve the problem and fill our coffers in the process."
Effect: green advertising has never been more colorless