generalfrevious said:
"Spying on citizens. This is practically laughable."
Apparently you haven't thought about the NSA and the spying controversies a few years back. Besides that, you are absolutely right on all the points that you made. Im really not trying to say that the US is as bad or even worse than China, or that we lack the right to protest. The reason I mentioned "economy over environment" is that the US rejected the Kyoto treaty back in 2001 because it would cause an economic catastrophe. Anyways, you can reply and educate me on the mistakes I made in this post.
"Spying on citizens. This is practically laughable."
Apparently you haven't thought about the NSA and the spying controversies a few years back. Besides that, you are absolutely right on all the points that you made. Im really not trying to say that the US is as bad or even worse than China, or that we lack the right to protest. The reason I mentioned "economy over environment" is that the US rejected the Kyoto treaty back in 2001 because it would cause an economic catastrophe. Anyways, you can reply and educate me on the mistakes I made in this post.
Yes, we rejected the Kyoto treaty because it treated China like a 3rd world country. It required the US and the UK (maybe some other countries, can't remember exactly) to reduce our carbon footprint, but it made no such requirements of China or 3rd world countries. China is one of the worst offenders of pollution and that is exactly why we rejected it. You get an agreement that will force China to take some action as well and I'm sure we'll happily sign on. The leftists in this country (US) typically says "We need to lead the way on this and set an example". That's a good statement, but it doesn't carry much weight. There would be no reason for China to follow suit if they're not going to sign on to such a treaty.