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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I think you'd find the people actually in charge in the 'non-western' world have just as much or more ignorance of their 'levels of consumption' and contempt for the environment than the 'Western-World.' It's not like the common serf in the developing world is being altruistic by starving to death on their pittance wages. We comsume more 'en masse' because the average citizen enjoys many more freedoms and opportunities thanks in part to our institutions developed over centuries of human knowledge. While it may not be perfect by anyone's standards it's certainly worth protecting and you can hardly hold it against NATO for enshining just that in it's doctrines.
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The point is that it's not sustainable. It doesn't matter what we do relative to other parts of the world. Worth protecting? Definitely. Long term viable option? Not in the slightest.