Originally posted by parsley
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A lot of the worst impacts of climate change will be on the poor people in developing countries who will not be able to afford to adapt.
A lot of developing countries have seen their wealth extracted and transferred to colonial powers over hundreds of years. It is still going on.
Much of our wealth has come from the colonization of indigenous lands and the extraction of resources that once belong to someone else.
the oil industry extracts wealth from consumers and transfers it to producers on a much larger scale than will ever happen with climate change policy. Or Perhaps you think that somehow the Saudis earned their massive wealth through hard work and innovation?
A world where a small percentage of the worlds population controls most of the wealth and has most of the power is not only unfair it is unstable. It is in the interest of all of us to help where help is needed and raise the standard of living of all of humanity.
I do not agree with the Conservative view of the world that somehow it is our god given right to be rich and to hell with everybody else. Those who think that and still believe they are Christians are sadly misguided.
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