[jiggyjace]

'Regulation' is not a solution for countries that do not answer to the morals of the West, such as Turkmenistan, China, or Russia. Regulation should be demonized, for many situations it ends up being a hammer to a screw.

[pstuart]

There's always leading by example, as well as incentivizing via aid.

This is not to dismiss the challenge, just that we shouldn't avoid hard problems just because they're hard.

[themitigating]

"Leading by example " having heard that in a long time I believe it's called "virtue signaling " now. That should tell you how well that would work

[idiotsecant]

It's interesting how so much of what we used to consider 'being a decent person' is now 'virtue signaling'. It's the most cynical, worthless meme to come out of the last 50 years and that's saying a lot.

[fragmede]

If the haters had any virtue to signal then they'd just do that instead. You hate the game not the player, but that's just because you're* losing it.

* you referrs to people that use that stupid phrase, not you

[pstuart]

My understanding of the phrase "virtue signaling" is that it's a slur: somebody pretending to be better than others.

The intention of "leading by example" was that it's ridiculous to ask poorer countries to make sacrifices that we ourselves are not willing to make.

[SXX]

US, EU, UK and friends are still buy most of China's export and no doubt US corporations also capture majority of profits from all polluting manufacturing.