Yes & that's why I said deliberately stepping over others, I'm sure I do a lot of things that directly or indirectly affect many others mostly unknowingly though. On the other hand something like cryptocurrencies ~ they don't make sense to me (right now) & I know they're not exactly green & as yet I've not invested a penny in them. Part of the reason is that I don't like the volatility, then regulation & probably last on the list is energy consumption ~ now if it could be regulated well & be not a major drag on the electricity grid I'd probably be fine with them.
Yes I remember that & I also remember the roadside tea vendors in my area ~ who employ child laborers, sometimes their own sons & daughters to make ends meet every day! It's not all cut & dry as we're made to believe, but it's also true that the current capitalistic/nihilistic system is untenable for the vast majority of us. Cryptocurrencies are in some sense the same manifestation of greed & the same BS accumulation of wealth at the top that I'm totally against.
Not sure I would equate roadside tea vendors to working in coltan mines under men with AK 47's, but yeah, other than that you make sense to me. lol
Lol. Everybody in this forum who I've interacted with can attest that I'm one of the biggest China-hater in the forums. But even I will admit that it’s just fancy talk to keep the population in control rather than the magnanimous goal of fighting climate change. Otherwise I don’t give a rat's arse about chinese and miners and specifically chinese miners either way. So carry on being tough guy on your citizens, CCP.
I actually disagree with you here, even rich people living in China have to deal with wearing a mask (even before covid) because of horrible pollution in the air, based on a simple line of logic, one can come to the conclusion that eventually living in those kinds of conditions one would eventually get ******* tired of it, and try to regulate energy consumption better. I think China does genuinely care about climate change, because they have always played the long term game from a strategic stand point, they know it won't be much longer and America will crumble under its 30+ trillion debt. They will be the sole superpower, it's only a matter of time really. While American students keep debating pronouns and gender identity, their students are becoming engineers/scientists in mass. While American stock brokers only focus on short term greed, China plays feint cards and is calculating the long term. The list goes on and on.
I do agree though, I wouldn't want to live in China personally. It doesn't change the fact they will be the sole superpower someday, especially when the debt we owe them comes up short and we can't pay it. I believe right now we are only paying China are interest rates we owe them, we are not even paying down the principle balance... I read somewhere that in 4 years we will owe China a big lump sum payment on one of those loans, and who knows where we will get the money for that... considering social security is about to collapse, and Congress keeps spending money like there is no tomorrow.
def within our lifetimes. enjoy it while you can. human hubris knows no bounds.
