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Please. China and others who benefited from trade with the West could have chosen not to allow industries to operate in their countries. They prioritized the ec
by joshlemer 4y ago
Please. China and others who benefited from trade with the West could have chosen not to allow industries to operate in their countries. They prioritized the economic benefits over environmental concerns all on their own, it's not colonialism.
- concinds 4y agoAnd the argument there is that poor countries being forced to keep their populations in poverty to protect the environment while the West could develop while polluting as much as it wants, is unfair. They can easily argue that the West has a duty to help fund the Global South's clean energy infrastructure. The West deliberately sought out this oursourcing, and benefited from it just as much as China and the South did.