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Alternatively, instead of starving countries to death[0], maybe Western countries should stop sending their trash to third world countries[1][2]. Perhaps it's
by stevenjohns 7y ago
Alternatively, instead of starving countries to death[0], maybe Western countries should stop sending their trash to third world countries[1][2].
Perhaps it's not the fault of those poorer countries, but instead the fault of the Enlightened West (those that care about carbon emissions, democratic governance and human rights) illegally dumping their garbage onto other countries[3]?
There's something funny about Western governments illegally dumping thousands of tonnes of trash on the shores of poor countries[4] and then people having the audacity to support sanctions - literally punishing the civilians there by starving them through siege - for not having the ability to properly manage the waste.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iraq#Effects_on_the_Iraqi_people_during_sanctions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iraq#Effects...
[1] https://www.dw.com/en/tired-of-being-trashed-philippines-ready-to-dump-garbage-in-canada/a-48829282 https://www.dw.com/en/tired-of-being-trashed-philippines-rea...
[2] http://www.atchuup.com/countries-used-as-dumping-grounds-of-worlds-trash/ http://www.atchuup.com/countries-used-as-dumping-grounds-of-...
[3] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-29/malaysia-to-send-tonnes-of-plastic-waste-back-to-foreign-nations/11159208 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-29/malaysia-to-send-tonn...
[4] http://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:6349/PiP_Report.pdf http://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:6349/PiP_Report.pdf
- apatters 7y agoYou're aware that Iraq and the Malaysia are different countries, right? Just checking.
- stevenjohns 7y agoI didn’t realise sieges have different effects depending on which third world country they’re applied to.