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Comment Re:Pot, Meet Kettle (Score 1) 123

I'm saying, and I quote, "China and India are environmentally destructive." No exoneration, and full responsibility. But they didn't start out that way: they just took over what we gave them. And, yes, they *could have* been more environmentally conscious when setting up their plants. Absolutely; that's on them. What I'm saying is that American corporations exploited a desperate Chinese and Indian people to shift pollution from our back yard to theirs. Would they have created their own pollution? Possibly. We could've helped them get setup and maintain environmental responsibility, but we didn't. Now that they have funds and know better, they should absolutely improve things. But, again, their pollution, initially, was a direct result of American influence.

Comment Re:Pot, Meet Kettle (Score 1) 123

Oh, this is cute. We didn't have to "force" them. Sure, they have "agency," but shove a truck full of money in just about anyone's face, and tell me they won't do what you want them to. Especially when their people are desperate. We see similar behavior every election cycle: rich people promise Republican politicians a ton of money, and Republicans in office sell the rest of us out. As a four-digit-ID person, you should be well aware that people can be easily bought.

Comment Re:It's always bad news with the dollar (Score 1) 247

It wasn't the American people that sent jobs overseas in the first place: business executives did that, because they could make more profit by paying less in labor costs to folks in developing countries. Unless the American people take over the executive suites, I don't see how they're going to make decisions to bring those jobs back.

But I can see Trump's regime making inroads in the environmental aspect, because he'll lower water and air safety standards to the point where pollution is acceptable. That'll lower tangential costs, if manufacturers don't have to worry about keeping their processes "clean."

Comment Re:I'm already... (Score 1) 40

Spinal meningitis at age 17, three days before I was scheduled for a special review of my case by the Army. I'd failed MEPS because of missing bones in my left ear; never could hear in that ear, and hoped I'd be able to fake it. After that, I had surgery to correct it, and could hear perfectly but the Army still said Nope. My mother badgered our representative's office, and they badgered the Army to review the surgery. Three days before the review, I got sick, and when I woke up from a coma a week later, I'd lost all my hearing. Guess I wasn't meant to go Army after all. I have a cochlear implant, now.

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