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Well commies also ordered killing sparrows and so maybe we should do opposite? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w

• anovikov 3y ago
  I remember my kid couldn't sleep for two nights when i told her about that to examplify evils of totalitarianism!
  • hnu234 3y ago
    Then I guess the extermination of the wolverines, passenger pigeons, american eagle, american buffalo, etc exemplifies what? The evils of capitalism? The evils of democracy? Not to mention the extermination of the native americans... What's with all the deranged and obvious propaganda here? Your 'kid' really couldn't sleep for 2 night or did you make it up to push silly propaganda?
    • bequanna 3y ago
      I think you’re missing the point. We shouldn’t look at every action taken by someone we disagree with and think: “let’s do the opposite” Super relevant in the US today where both sides are unwilling to appreciate anything positive done by the other.
• Ographer 3y ago
  Why cherry pick a single bad thing from over 60 years ago? Is that supposed to discredit all actions by the country? One could find just as many examples, if not more, of the US destroying the ecosystem in that same time period. The US is held back by corporations that demand ever increasing profits and by political parties that roadblock each other such that it cannot focus any substantial effort on meaningful initiatives for change.
  • mensetmanusman 3y ago
    The 100,000,000 starved is 100,000,000 bad things.
    • Ographer 3y ago
      Yes, that happened and it was clearly bad science but scientists know better now. During the same time period, the US was spraying DDT across the country killing off many species including its own bald eagles. I'm still unclear what this has to do with modern China and solar initiatives.
  • karaterobot 3y ago
    I imagine the reason to cherry pick a single bad thing is because the list of all of them would be too long to be of practical use. On the other hand, I agree that the person you're responding to didn't make a strong argument by posting something unrelated to solar energy manufacturing and deployment. No more than you did by responding with "but what about the USA...". Neither are helpful, salient, or convincing.
    • Ographer 3y ago
      I thought this headline would be cause for celebration and I'm just disappointed to see so many negative comments that reduce the accomplishment down to red scare style jabs. I only pointed back at the US to help reframe the situation in readers' minds who are mostly US based. The list of environmental damage by the US would also be too long to list so it seems unfair to have comments presenting 1 side without mentioning the other.
  • anovikov 3y ago
    As for parties, well that's not a problem. This is by design. U.S. political system is the way it is to prevent tyranny - not to provide the most efficient or even effective government. The Founding Fathers understood it and it was an acceptable tradeoff. Nothing in America assumes or expects a functioning government able to get things done, society and business exists pretty much on it's own. It's the best thing government can do - do nothing, and provide a good shitshow for the people to watch. A healthy society doesn't need government to babysit it. Corporations can't "demand" profits, profits are what the market conditions form. Renewable energy will work in America once it makes more money than fossil fuels for the same input. Business in the U.S. is almost not susceptible to political shit.