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Originally Posted by NCB
Also, shouldn;t the third world counties in Africa and Central and South America be forced to pay a price too? Afterall, their slash and burn practices have harmed the enviroment more so than the West's industrialization
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No. They've been raped by the West for centuries. Their slash and burn practices were and are at the behest of and benefit of the West.
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Originally Posted by jorgelito
I think China and India don't need a "pass" because (I believe) they don't need to go through the same exact process that the West (Industrial Revolution) had.
I believe they have an advantage as it would be relatively "cheaper" to upgrade their facilities as the infrastructure they have in place is rather old or non-existent.
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I absolutely agree that they will have an easier relative time of it than the West did due to the progress in efficiency from the West breaking that ground. But they are not given a complete pass - they have a time limit, and it is exceptionally short in comparison to the time frame that the West took to industrialize.