[ethagknight]

I was hoping to see a comment like this. These sorts of “global collaborations” seem to always end with the US carry all the water, and the goal from the other countries perspective is to throttle the US. Like the Paris Accords.

[JoshTriplett]

> and the goal from the other countries perspective is to throttle the US. Like the Paris Accords.

Which is not inherently a bad thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...

[etiennebausson]

Interesting dataset.

It would be a lot fairer to display tons of CO2 per inhabitant I think.

And that's before taking into account imported CO2.

[tgma]

A good thing from whose perspective? From the perspective of US it would always be a bad thing. Why would you ever want to concede something and limit yourself without proportional concessions.

[nonethewiser]

But think about it from the perspective of a US that wants to reduce carbon emissions. Why not simply throttle carbon emissions directly?

[jppope]

Super weird that they don't factor in productivity at all. Don't take me the wrong way I hate the fact that the United States thinks the only way to do anything is to burn fossil fuels, but that doesn't change the fact that our output per capita has got to be 10x the countries we are being compared against in this article.

[DevKoala]

> I was hoping to see a comment like this. These sorts of “global collaborations” seem to always end with the US carry all the water, and the goal from the other countries perspective is to throttle the US. Like the Paris Accords.

I agree 100%.

I don't see the benefits here.

[izacus]

Do you have even a slightest proof for your claim?

[wagwang]

> Is food a human right

https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3951462?ln=en

> Amount of food sent

https://www.gao.gov/international-food-assistance

[twothreeone]

If you're trying to convince someone (other countries the US) the burden of proof is on you.

[nonethewiser]

Proof for his claim that this is how it seems to him? Isn't the proof self evident - he said it seems that way. Obviously this doesn't immediately make it true but asking for "proof" mischaracterizes the nature of his statement.

[lovich]

You know what the fun fact that everyone I hear complain about the US spending more than is fair on international projects ignores or appears ignorant of?

When you’re the one carrying the water, you get to decide where the water goes.

I actually prefer regimes like NATO where everyone is happy to leave the US in charge and doesn’t arm themselves. For all the projection of “strength” the current admin gives off, they are on their way towards reigning over a kingdom formed from the ashes of the republic's empire

[whimsicalism]

I prefer multilateralism, but I do think there are challenges when every country that isn't the biggest smashes the 'defect' button as many times as they can.

[rpmisms]

OK so can everyone else please pay?

[_3u10]

Most US foreign aid is delivered as bombs, and/or directly funding the terrorists.

And if not directly funding the terrorists, creating a situation so stupid that it will lead to a fresh batch for next years war.

Neither the people paying for it, nor the people receiving it want it to be done that way.

[estearum]

What about non-proliferation treaties which have prevented the vast majority of countries from bankrupting themselves in an existential sprint to nuclear weapons?

[brazukadev]

Don't worry, China is willingly replacing the US in these global collaborations.

[BoredPositron]

Say what you want about this treaty but China is running circles around you regarding Paris.

[HFguy]

What point are you trying to make? I'm honestly not sure. Is it that China is polluting a lot? Or a little? That they are making environmental progress? Or none?

[glonq]

Yes like the Ottawa Treaty banning Land Mines, in which 166 inconsiderate countries failed to consider the needs of big-time land-mine manufacturers like the US.

/s

[sschueller]

Like throttling the US from committing war crimes?

[brabel]

Poor US always being bullied by everyone else. What kind of world have you been living in where the reality is not the exact opposite??

[colechristensen]

Eh, there are a bunch of these kinds of treaties the US won't sign because for most of the signatories they're inconsequential but they're a huge lever for other countries to take sovereignty from the US.