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Sure, but there are way more of us so the harm is far larger. Coal currently kills about a million people a year worldwide, and thousands in the US. And I don’
by mikeash 8y ago
Sure, but there are way more of us so the harm is far larger. Coal currently kills about a million people a year worldwide, and thousands in the US.
And I don’t even want them to become destitute! I just want to help them move on to a better job. Meanwhile they apparently don’t care that they’re dumping poison into the air. Why should I tolerate that?
- AnimalMuppet 8y ago> Meanwhile they apparently don’t care that they’re dumping poison into the air. And what would you regard as signs of "caring"? If they quit their job? In a region with no other jobs, you want them to voluntarily quit to show that they "care"? If not that, what? The rest of your post is fine. This one sentence, though, is pretty judgmental.
- mikeash 8y agoA sign of caring would be not supporting politicians who want to subsidize their industry so that it can continue to poison the world long after it stops being economically viable.