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by vfc1 2497 days ago
No other country can plant a rainforest the size of Amazonia, come on that does not make sense.

The Amazonia rainforest is unique and cannot be replaced, I don't get how the rate that it's getting tore down to plant soy crops for cattle feed to allow for the production of cheap meat is not alarming to anyone.

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If you want the rainforest to remain, then pay for it to remain. Otherwise, let those who own the rainforest use the rainforest.
You may have been downvoted, but the the developed world has yet to provide a good retort to your point.

Such a question is answered by blatant hypocrisy every time.

Who says any human should “own” a rainforest?
Who says any human should "own" the oil in the ground or the ground itself?

We can't champion private ownership while denying private ownership to others. Especially when you have no control over said land.

It's cliche to blame capitalism, but it is capitalism that has given us a distorted view of the world and of the concept of ownership.

> We can't champion private ownership while denying private ownership to others.

Of course we can. It's called colonialist and it's what made Europe and USA the economic powerhouses of the world.