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DWS223 t1_je9taie wrote

Reply to Eli5 Why is there still a famine in Africa despite the fact that they have been receiving foreign aid for decades? by Illustrious-Pen9569

Give a man a fish...

Aid addresses the symptoms but not the underlying cause which is weak ineffectual authoritarian governments. Economic development occurs when governments are beholden to their citizens productivity and prosperity for tax revenue. Many African nations have exploitable natural resources that create vast wealth with relatively few workers required. This environment is ripe for abuse. Basically, the dictator doesn't care if 90% of his population starves as long as the military and people exploiting the resource wealth on his behalf are kept fed at a subsistence level.

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DWS223 t1_jab3p85 wrote

Reply to Norway: Thunberg joins Indigenous protests against turbines. The young environmental activist says green energy cannot come at the expense of human rights. A court order has deemed the turbines' location in Norway illegal, as they disrupt Sami reindeer-herding traditions by DoremusJessup

I mean this is silly. Don’t burn fossil fuels for energy (they pollute), don’t use nuclear reactors (they melt down), and don’t build renewable power (it shuffles deck blocks animal migrations).

At some point environmental activists aren’t helping the environment they’re just obstructing progress.

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