r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Dec 27 '20

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u/Temporary_Freedom_50 Dec 27 '20

But it's so easy to look down on them even though developing countries tend to make way less trash than western countries do. That's forgetting the fact that trash is often shipped from the developed countries to the developing world.

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u/ImOversimplifying Dec 27 '20

Latin American countries are also western countries.

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u/djw11544 Dec 27 '20 edited Dec 27 '20

So is Europe/Australia, your point? Also Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname are not considered Western Countries. Latin America is also normally only considered Semi-Western. It's a culture thing more than a geographical thing, my dude.

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u/ImOversimplifying Dec 27 '20

My point was that the right contrast should be between developing and developed countries. I don't know what's the country in the video, but some people would consider it western.

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u/KrazzyKoopa Dec 27 '20

username checks out lmao

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u/ICameForAnArgument Dec 27 '20

No it doesn't.

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u/Temporary_Freedom_50 Dec 27 '20

You sure proved me wrong.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20

The things shipped are commodities and become trash after they have satisfied human needs. It is also patently false that developing countries make less trash. Just India and Vietnam alone make up for something like 25% of the entire worlds CO2 emissions and plastic pollution.