Originally Posted by elphenor

this is not even a necessary discussion to have, as the US should move to reduce emissions regardless

but the world economy is based to a degree on China being a kind of dungeon factory

the US loves cheap consumer goods, but would rather have some other country deal with the fall-out, in this way there is an illusion that Capitalism "works"

any politician that postures being hard on China is likely well aware of this

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

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Originally Posted by Frownland

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