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>It's the moral imperative of every country to optimize for its citizens' economic prospects. Moral???
by drysine 11mo ago
>It's the moral imperative of every country to optimize for its citizens' economic prospects.
Moral???
- coliveira 11mo agoCorrect, this is double-speak at its maximum.
- jojobas 11mo agoAny other motivation forfeiting citizens' interests are perceived as treason, therefore immoral, so yes.
- goatlover 11mo agoSo for example addressing climate change might be perceived as treason if it gets in the way of optimizing economic interests?
- jojobas 11mo agoIt can, especially when some other countries commission a new coal power plant every week.
- amanaplanacanal 11mo agoI hate this talking point so much. If you are talking about China, that's just growth. They are also rolling out more solar than the rest of the world combined. While the US is now actively discouraging investing in renewables.
- jojobas 11mo agoChinese coal power outgrows renewables still. A Western country with already cleaner energy destroying whatever remains of their manufacturing only to be moved to China and powered by mostly coal is not only treason of its own citizens but also bad for the climate. Feels so good to be "net zero" while importing materialized coal with not much to trade back (other than coal of course).
- drysine 11mo agoSo when slave trade advances citizens' economic prospects it's moral imperative for the country to facilitate it, right?