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> It is too small to make any dent it global greenhouse gasses even if it wasn't too late already. It's not like wealthy "green" western countries don't have t
by FirmwareBurner 3y ago
> It is too small to make any dent it global greenhouse gasses even if it wasn't too late already.
It's not like wealthy "green" western countries don't have their share of blame when it comes to global warming and environmental damage, they just don't do it in their own back yard, and instead mostly export it to poor/developing countries where most of the dirty manufacturing of the goods they buy happens and where much of the dirty hydrocarbures get burned.
It's already been documented through studies, that people in wealthy countries actually have bigger environmental footprint compared to people in poor countries (they travel, fly and drive a lot more, buy more stuff online and throw good stuff away more often, use a lot more AC and other energy hungry amenities like heated swimming pools, buy cars more often, etc.).
Also, Switzerland is the world's leading coal trading hub. So while they don't use it very much themselves, similar to green Norway making bank on selling its oil to others, they defiantly build their wealth off profiteering from environmental destruction, so Switzerland is not innocent here.
- huytersd 3y agoSwitzerland is probably the best example of second hand exploitative wealth in the world. Shady middlemen for chocolate, minerals, diamonds, oil, coal, fucking Nestle etc. Kind of irrationally makes me hate that things are so hunky dory there.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoOf course. Since WW2 it's been the major safe heaven of the most vile, shady and criminal wealthy elite. Unironically it's also where the elite goes to have their frozen corpses preserved until they can be resurrected in the future.[1] [1] https://www.tomorrow.bio/ https://www.tomorrow.bio/
- imjonse 3y agoI wonder if they could have referendums on keeping these shady middlemen and being a financial paradise or these are subject beyond popular debate.
- huytersd 3y agoEven the financial paradise aspect is exploitative. Every country in the world has reporting and transparency requirements so billionaires can’t just silently stack wealth and skip paying taxes but we’re going to be the one place that says, fuck everyone, we have no morals or ethical concerns, put your money here. I don’t know the laws on the ground but you probably won’t be able to referendum away massive, global corporations.