Calls for ‘ecocide’ law to punish those who destroy nature like war criminals

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Calls for ‘ecocide’ law to punish those who destroy nature like war criminals
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That's quite the stretch. Don't regulate the rich cause we might be caught up?

I don't take private flights from one side of a city to another. I don't own a yacht (or 6). I don't own a fleet of vehicles with a staff that drives them around. I don't throw away more food than most people eat. I don't horde dozens of acres of land that contain nothing but wasteful lawn.

There's a pretty stark contrast between the ultra wealthy, and the vast majority of people living in highly developed countries.

When people get in a rage about "the rich", those kinds of distinctions generally go out the window.

You're not wrong, but it's not likely that a bunch of moneyless people from third-world countries are going to come over and genocide us.

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