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I wonder if the fact that it causes brain damage has something to do with our collective reluctance to address this enormous human health and environmental issu

I wonder if the fact that it causes brain damage has something to do with our collective reluctance to address this enormous human health and environmental issue.

asdfman123 6y ago
No, because people in cities, breathing in that particulate matter daily, actually want to do something about it.
- latchkey 6y ago
  After living in Vietnam for 4 years, which has massive air quality issues, I wouldn't say they want or even care to do something about it. They just live with it.
  - bluGill 6y ago
    You need a certain level of prosperity to care. If you have enough to eat and that is about it you don't care, you would prefer other nice things in life first. Eventually your house isn't too crowded, you can get to enough places you want to go, you have good enough medical care, some education for the kids, and a few other nice things in life. Eventually you cross the line to where clean air to breath becomes important. Vietnam has a lot of problems they need to solve before clean air gets to the top of their priorities. It is a long road but it will come to the top. They are making good progress on the other issues, but we are talking about decades, so no surprise they don't care yet. Give it time.
    - latchkey 6y ago
      Anyone who thinks Vietnam is poor, is mistaken. They are the epitome of capitalism gone to the greedy. The richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor. It is the wealthy who are often the worst offenders, not the people struggling to make ends meet. The culture is literally to not care about these sorts of things because it is someone else's problem. You see it in the day to day living... endless numbers of people routinely just throw their plastic cups carried in plastic bags, into the sewer on the side of the street. Knowing full well, it will either just sit there or one of the govt. sponsored cleanup people will pick it up. I spent two years actively refusing plastic and it is impossible to convince every single person you deal with that you don't need yet another plastic bag. Covid will end up being a giant reset for this country and I'm less enthusiastic about the future than you are. It will be interesting to watch for certain.
jeffbee 6y ago
Generations of Americans suffered a lifetime of inhaling airborne lead and we're all paying the price of it right now as our insane grandparents burn down the entire country.

I wonder if the fact that it causes brain damage has something to do with our collective reluctance to address this enormous human health and environmental issue.

asdfman123 6y ago

No, because people in cities, breathing in that particulate matter daily, actually want to do something about it.

latchkey 6y ago
After living in Vietnam for 4 years, which has massive air quality issues, I wouldn't say they want or even care to do something about it. They just live with it.
- bluGill 6y ago
  You need a certain level of prosperity to care. If you have enough to eat and that is about it you don't care, you would prefer other nice things in life first. Eventually your house isn't too crowded, you can get to enough places you want to go, you have good enough medical care, some education for the kids, and a few other nice things in life. Eventually you cross the line to where clean air to breath becomes important. Vietnam has a lot of problems they need to solve before clean air gets to the top of their priorities. It is a long road but it will come to the top. They are making good progress on the other issues, but we are talking about decades, so no surprise they don't care yet. Give it time.
  - latchkey 6y ago
    Anyone who thinks Vietnam is poor, is mistaken. They are the epitome of capitalism gone to the greedy. The richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor. It is the wealthy who are often the worst offenders, not the people struggling to make ends meet. The culture is literally to not care about these sorts of things because it is someone else's problem. You see it in the day to day living... endless numbers of people routinely just throw their plastic cups carried in plastic bags, into the sewer on the side of the street. Knowing full well, it will either just sit there or one of the govt. sponsored cleanup people will pick it up. I spent two years actively refusing plastic and it is impossible to convince every single person you deal with that you don't need yet another plastic bag. Covid will end up being a giant reset for this country and I'm less enthusiastic about the future than you are. It will be interesting to watch for certain.

jeffbee 6y ago

Generations of Americans suffered a lifetime of inhaling airborne lead and we're all paying the price of it right now as our insane grandparents burn down the entire country.