[blindmute]

It would also help the planet greatly if we stopped sending aid to Africa and other poor nations. Without our help, their populations would decline quite a bit, reducing their meat consumption and emissions by a huge amount. I know this is an unpopular sentiment but we have to be pragmatic.

[filoeleven]

That’s not being pragmatic. You’re saying “cut aid to countries whose per capita resource usage is 14x lower than that of the US.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_energy_...

[blindmute]

It's not about per capita, it's about total. We can not only reduce their resource usage, but also produce less food ourselves, all for free. It's win-win.

[wyre]

Western states consume vastly more meat and animal products that poor nations that receive our aid. This is a trash take that will only hurt people.