[jfengel]

It is remarkable the way fossil fuels often seem to be found in violent, barbarous places like Iran, Venezuela, and Texas.

[cycomanic]

We can thank the big oil and western governments for that. For years they have been working against stable democratic governments in these places, because it's easier to get cheap resources from corrupt governments than from stable democratic governments with functioning legal systems and limited corruption. It's something we can see all over the world, pretty much all resource rich countries in the world have been destabilised systematically.

[chii]

It's because the peaceful places where they're also found don't make the news.

[apexalpha]

This is 'survivor' bias, I think. Or some other fallacy.

Oil is found in a lot of regions but the non-violent ones were obviously exploited first. They are now just emptied out, like the North Sea in Europe.

[cybercatgurrl]

wonder when they’re gonna remove the dictator of Texas. that would be a win for everyone, hoorah!