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They've had the same time we've had to build a system to deliver clean water to themselves - if they haven't it's their fault and they deserve what they have (o

• dopidopHN 4y ago
  Ah yes. The « they should have work harder at school » argument. I struggle with this one. People are not idiot, if water is scarce, it’s usually due to external factors. Having grow up in a major colonial power, I sure benefits for the extraction of resources that happened since the late 17’s. On the receiving end, societies being reduce to mere shadows of themselves by force does not exactly help. Moreover, Some existing irrigation systems have been abandon during colonial times for lack of workers. ( workers being either diverted to slavery or other more lucrative endeavors for the colonial power ) Finally, modern pollution is a thing. Are the resident of Ohio responsible for their newly polluted water? Or the one of Jacksonville, Ms, they should have voted differently to avoid flooding of their system? Same for Flint, Mi. They had a working infrastructure. Distributing water just fine. It was broken for years. Is it their fault? I struggle to see the benefit of finger pointing here, as opposed to human empathy and « yep, that sucks » Finally, and the examples above were hitting at that : drinking water is not a problem in country lacking propers infrastructure anymore. The list of US cities having issues is growing; and the causes are diverse. From negligence to poor location ( haha; Las Vegas ) My point : saying « they should have a infrastructure by now » is silly.
  • mertd 4y ago
    OP's comment history suggests that they are not engaging conversation in good faith. Best not to feed the troll.