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That's insane. Brazilians don't deserve the economic development anymore? After Americans got rid of their wildlife? Rich Californians have to pay for Brazil th

• mijamo 5y ago
  "deserve"? Sanctions are not about people deserving anything, they are about trying to influence to preserve one owns interests. Iranien people do not "deserve" sanctions, nor do North koreans sufferings from lack of food. In addition, Economic development is not linked to deforestation. Brazil has now less forest coverage than Japan and South Korea who have wayyyy higher population density, and both used to be poorer than Brazil. Brazil was on its way to development previously when the industry started to settle there and services started to follow, but bad governance and corruption made it all too fragile and some official just chose another way. As usual, natural resources are more a curse than a good thing for development as it encourages lazy politics and low productivity.
• int3 5y ago
  It's more like we shouldn't pay for things that don't benefit us... no one is owed economic development. Also the marginal value of forests and wildlife have changed significantly over time as they have been depleted. The tradeoffs that made sense then don't make as much sense now.
• adrianN 5y ago
  Is it really economic development if it threatens the global ecosystem? Who's going to pay for the damage caused?