| > American capitalism has led the world to the brink of destruction by climate change This sort of alarmist language makes it really difficult to take anything you said seriously. I'm fairly confident most people think climate change is concerning, but not "on the brink of destruction" "American capitalism" is also responsible for the greatest reduction of poverty globally in all of human history. > Nothing else pales in comparison to the destruction that's coming as a direct result of USA turning a blind eye to climate change. Interesting, because the United States has actually been lowering carbon dioxide emissions, and total output absolutely pales in comparison to China which has seen nearly exponential growth [0]. This may be completely wrong, but it seems like a majority of climate change talk always revolves around how the US can be doing more, and rarely about what other countries can do. Interesting how America is always to blame for the world's problems. I'm not saying America has been perfect, but it certainly does more good than bad. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_... |
Is that true? I’ve heard this recently from republican leaning sources but it doesn’t appear to be true.
E.g. of the 30 countries with the greatest reduction in poverty rates in the last 20 years its hard to pin point the American influence?
Stretching back further, global poverty reduction begins in earnest in the 19th century yet American capitalism only begins in around the start of the 20th century.
>> it seems like a majority of climate change talk always revolves around how the US can be doing more
An American citizen emits 16 tonnes of co2 per year. Who else even comes close?