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Originally Posted by chemgear
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So basically if poor nations and poverty stricken people are kept poor and poverty stricken, their consumption and emissions are nice and low. But if they want out of poverty then overpopulation is absolutely a concern.
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There was only one catch and that was Catch-Global Warming, which specified that a concern for one's own family in the face of poverty that was real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. The Developing World was crazy and could be brought out of poverty. All they had had to do was keep hiking emissions; and as soon as they did, they would no longer be poverty-stricken and would face drought, fires, and famine from global warming. They would be crazy to not develop further and sane if they didn't, but if they didn't develop, they'd be stuck in poverty. If they developed, they were crazy and shouldn't; but if they didn't, they were sane and poor. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-Global Warming and let out a respectful whistle.