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Saudi Arabia Leads Pushback Against Global Plastic Treaty | Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution.(www.nytimes.com)

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A lot of this is because they see plastics as the way to keep on extracting oil even if countries decide that burning it isn’t a good idea.

They’ve also opposed efforts to limit that problem.

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مهما طال الليل@lemm.ee
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The indigenous peoples losing their lands to farmers and ranchers might say otherwise.

The root of evil remains the economic system. If there’s profit to be made from suffering it will be made. Capitalism has no hell where evildoers go. The fear of it does get people to straighten up somewhat during their life.

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Indeed.

Evil is everywhere with capitalism. The point is that where there is a slight bit of chance to reduce the level of evilistic ideas , it should be tried at least.

Qatar is a very rich country with ample of money. It could have properly facilitated with a bit of human treatment for the foreign labourers coming from not so rich countries in order to earn and provide for their family. Was it impossible to do? I have heard that the rules are quite strict in countries like Qatar , Saudi , UAE regarding corruption.

USA , Brazil and etc etc are also evil in the name of capitalism. I agree.

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Qatar is a very rich country with ample of money. It could have properly facilitated with a bit of human treatment for the foreign labourers coming from not so rich countries in order to earn and provide for their family.

The universal truth about rich people everywhere, is that they never feel like they have enough money.

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