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The US still hasn't come to grips with the fact that half of the countries in Latin America are practically failed states as a result of our country's drug addi
by noduerme 3y ago
The US still hasn't come to grips with the fact that half of the countries in Latin America are practically failed states as a result of our country's drug addiction. Good luck getting Americans to blame themselves for the environmental damage caused by their consumer-goods dealers. Out of sight, out of mind.
As usual, the only solution in grasp is really demand-side. What is really frustrating is the fact that tariffs on foreign goods (produced under inhumane conditions and without environmental regulations) are still widely rejected by the new (non-labor, middle class, supposedly ecologically conscious) Left, while the revanchist Right and the old Union Left are both okay with them. Why can't our trade policy both benefit American labor and serve an environmental purpose?
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoIt isn’t just our drug addiction problem (which is increasingly being sourced from China these days), but we also provide them with lots of guns.
- noduerme 3y agodrugs & guns are both fine, if people are able to control themselves. In a society where self control and common purpose are valued, the ability to tolerate all views is a strength. Trouble is that the underlying set of ethics has been obliterated, so you're left with rights that don't pertain to the people who have inherited them.