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megapolitics | 4 years ago

>I'll stop you right there because the major producers of greenhouse gasses aren't third world countries. Historically, the majority of greenhouse gasses emitted comes from industrialized nations.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't tackle emissions in third world countries.

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CaptArmchair|4 years ago

I'm pointing out that reality is far more complex and fraught, and that it's naive and, yes, even presumptuous to assume that so-called "third world countries" are simply going to go along with an amorphous "we" group trying to "tackle emissions" just because "we say so".

There's a stark difference between having the facts right, and having enough credibility to be believed by everyone else that you're right.