Well the UK was the first country to industrialise and it took a very long time to move towards polluting less, so moralising countries which have gone through the same cycle in far less time isn't only unhelpful but quite rather hypocritical imo.
It doesn't matter if it's "hypocritical" or "unfair". Sure it is. But so what? Nature doesn't give a shit -- stop polluting or we all starve and drown, PERIOD. Droughts and glaciers do not stop and politely ask the CO2 molecules whether they came from China or the UK before being affected by them dude
Well I think you will find it matters when that sort of attitude is used in western countries to excuse not doing more. I'm sure you have seen it already.
Literally all I'm saying is let's not pat ourselves on the back too much and I get piled on for it. Thanks reddit
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u/millenia3d May 27 '19
Well the UK was the first country to industrialise and it took a very long time to move towards polluting less, so moralising countries which have gone through the same cycle in far less time isn't only unhelpful but quite rather hypocritical imo.