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This is a horribly cynical interpretation but the new Brazilian President has said he wants to open the Amazon to logging and he doesn't care much about the ind
by new_guy 8y ago
This is a horribly cynical interpretation but the new Brazilian President has said he wants to open the Amazon to logging and he doesn't care much about the indigenous people[0]
Of course if he tries anything the international community etc will protest, but if this 'rescue mission' (read: death squad with plausible deniability) can't stop the 'catastrophic jungle war' in time then the tribes kill each other off, there's no outcry and the logging begins.
[0]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/31/tribes-brazil-genocide-jair-bolsonaro https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/31/tribes...
- soneca 8y agoThese tribes of dozens of individuals are not what prevents logging for happening. The mission will use boats and an helicopter on a long trip just to reach the place. What would be the economic viability to estabilish a commercial operation there? The indigenous people that prevents some of the logging in some places are much larger ones with total contact with the rest of society for centuries that live in much more accessible areas
- new_guy 8y agoIt's not without historical precedent. Look at the Congo under King Leopold for one example. Everyone is in the accessible areas, not as many in the harder to reach places that makes it extremely economically viable for them to set up shop there. Like I said it's a cynical interpretation and I hope I'm wrong, but this is literally history repeating itself.