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This ^^! Most people do not appreciate what truly being poor is like. If the choice is development or preserving the rainforest, Brazilians deserve the right to
by hrdwdmrbl 7y ago
This ^^! Most people do not appreciate what truly being poor is like. If the choice is development or preserving the rainforest, Brazilians deserve the right to choose for themselves
- addicted 7y agoExcept destroying the rain forests is gonna do absolutely nothing to help the Brazilian poor. So I’m not sure what being truly poor has anything to do with this. This will be almost entirely about displacing the poor, poisoning their water, and rewarding corrupt cronies.
- nfrbc 7y agoIndeed. It's probably going to be even worse for the poor in the affected area from now on. Illegal wood extraction doesn't only kill trees. Those criminals have historically killed citizens in order to prevent being caught.
- nfrbc 7y ago> choice is development or preserving the rainforest That's a false dilemma, though. There is nothing preventing us Brazilians from choosing both things, apart from wacko politicians.
- zelphirkalt 7y agoDecide for themselves to destroy/change world climate even more? I do not think so. It is their responsibility to keep the rain forests in good shape. I agree though, that they should get help from all over the world.
- mercurial 7y agoApparently, the native tribes don't get the right to choose.
- fiblye 7y agoThere are ways to develop an economy other than destroying all of your resources within a generation. Any country that does it is doomed to poverty, and it’s kind of hard to feel sympathy for anyone endorsing such short term thinking.
- andrenth 7y agoEvery rich country has done exactly this, so this doomed scenario doesn’t strike me as true.