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by Scoundreller 981 days ago
People are willing to override a lot of their ethical concerns (and accept potential long term pain in favour of short term gain) when it comes to slightly cheaper oil, gas, labour or any other need and want.

A few countries got themselves in a pickle after shutting down local coal production in favour of cheap and cleaner Russian gas…

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It's not ethical concerns, it's territorial integrity.