They literally enable the U.S. and the western world to pollute as much as they do.

The vast majority of Co2 output from China is wrapped up in trade. You can’t just say ‘well they’re the world’s factory so it’s all the U.S. fault’ - that’s simply fucking brain damaged.

I think that you’re right to assume that corporations do not give a fuck beyond profit. I think you’re wrong to assume that they somehow ‘knew’. Occam’s Razor dictates that they likely didn’t.

Trending downwards for China, however their emissions are intrinsically tied to the U.S./western world’s emissions which… sort of makes things messy from an analytical standpoint. Yes the U.S. has higher per capita emissions, yet China has something like 400 million more people than the entire western world combined.

So yes, the numbers are messy but the U.S./western world’s emissions and China’s emissions are intrinsically linked - you don’t get one without the other, especially in a globalized economy. The bottom line is that both need to stop, and one contributes to the global emissions far more heavily than the other - per capita emissions don’t matter. This isn’t even discussing China’s internal markets, which aren’t exactly pollution free.

Now, one legitimate metric to guage the U.S. by would be emissions since the industrial revolution began. We’ve absolutely contributed far more pollution since then any country, ever, including China - though as China’s population grows this will change.

The same can be said for India and plastic pollution per capita. Yes, the U.S. generates more plastic waste per capita. I can tell you however, beyond a shadow of doubt, that the U.S.’ most polluted rivers pales in comparison to India’s. I’ve seen it firsthand. I’m not sure what the fuck Indians do with their waste aside from throw it wherever there’s vegetation/flowing water.

I don’t think so.

Human history can be summed up in two words: unintended consequences.

For which, the Co2 generation, the plastic?

I think Qatar has higher Co2 per capita - I’m not sure how this matters

There is every need, the brainrot here is insane

a nation gets left behind

For fucks sake, I read the words you wrote.

The rest of the world

China is still the world’s largest polluter. India generates something like 20% of the world’s plastic. I’m not sure what the fuck convinces you that almost half the fucking population of the world is somehow ‘leaving us behind’.

Maybe take a trip to India. See what it’s like. Gain some fucking perspective.

I’m sure .mlers and hexbear are ecstatic

Edit: awww, poor babies don’t like being called out for their bullshit

Do people eat whole bowls of guacamole? Just like spoonfuls into your mouth?

As one of the 7 people who dislikes avocados - that seems horrifying.

And you’re sitting here suggesting that I’m wrong about cutting your fucking arm off to get rid of cancer.

Of course I’m not advocating that someone back alley ripper docs the fucking cancer out you trog

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It quite literally is just hacking away you moron - my uncle has had hundreds of cancerous moles removed, they literally cut away more flesh than just the mole to ensure the cancer doesn’t spread.

Fucks sake

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technically

If I cut the arm that has the cancerous mole on it off - the skin cancer is gone. Granted, I was thinking more carving it out - you know, the way doctors do.

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People will constantly cry about the fact that I’m not putting on sunscreen while they’re going out in the sun without sunglasses.

People are dumb. I could technically remove a cancerous mole myself, I can’t remove eye cancer myself. Or somehow unfuck my eyes once they’re damaged.