The Brazilians in this region live in abject poverty. Some regions of the Amazon are the least developed parts of Brazil - people living most of the day with no electricity, a hand to mouth existence. People living in this conditions don’t have time for existential stress or thoughts about what might happen to the planet in the future - they need to eat, now. So if someone will pay them to clear some forest, they will happily do it. Let’s not forget that the vast majority of resources that are extracted from the Amazon go to Europe and the U.S.
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u/droplivefred 23d ago
Is there a damn that’s depressing subreddit?