MasterTacticianAlba
MasterTacticianAlba t1_iwxqx5s wrote
Reply to comment by absolutelyshafted in TIL in response to infamously high suicide rates at Mapo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, the bridge was adorned with suicide prevention messages and uplifting photos. These measures weren't enacted by the government, however, instead the entire project was financed by Samsung's life insurance division by evilclownattack
South Korea is easily the most capitalist country on the planet, the corporations are family owned and passed down through generations. There is no “working your way up”. You are a corporate slave forever. Corporations own and control everything. Workers rights are non-existent and suicide rates are extreme.
Many other nations are controlled by corporations but none to quite the overwhelming extent as South Korea.
MasterTacticianAlba t1_j0ths7u wrote
Reply to comment by clampie in The IEA says humanity used the greatest amount of coal in 2022 in all of human history, and that this level of consumption will continue until at least 2025. One-third of all global coal goes to generate electricity in China, and India's coal use is growing at 6% per annum. by lughnasadh
That sounds biased as hell.
Western countries exploit the fuck out of SEA countries.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/02/22/return-to-sender-sri-lanka-ships-tonnes-of-illegal-waste-back-to-the-uk
They offshore recycling and trash storage to these weak nations with under-equipped recycling and storage and then send them literal hundreds of tonnes of shit that can’t be recycled or stored… where does it go? Into the ocean. Suddenly those hundreds of tonnes of British waste are now attributed to Sri Lanka.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/20/asia/malaysia-plastic-waste-return-scli-intl/index.html
Malaysia sending back 100’s of containers full of trash labeled as recyclables from countries like United States, United Kingdom, France and Canada.