This story reveals every possible bad outcome of carbon offsetting and the rapacious nature of capitalism - privatize the profits, socialize the expenses - the little people always carry the load. "It's the rich that gets the gravy, it's the poor that gets the blame." But, what else is the "purpose" for Africa, if not the last frontier for exploitation by the global North? (not!) If something is too good to be true (sign here to get an annual income for life...) well, guess what? It is a sorry state when we think we have a "civilization" yet people all over the world are being treated like this!
"farmers in Uganda who planted trees for Max Burgers carbon credits are now cutting down the trees and making them into charcoal. The farmers faced starvation, because the trees were planted on their farmland" 📢
This story reveals every possible bad outcome of carbon offsetting and the rapacious nature of capitalism - privatize the profits, socialize the expenses - the little people always carry the load. "It's the rich that gets the gravy, it's the poor that gets the blame." But, what else is the "purpose" for Africa, if not the last frontier for exploitation by the global North? (not!) If something is too good to be true (sign here to get an annual income for life...) well, guess what? It is a sorry state when we think we have a "civilization" yet people all over the world are being treated like this!
"farmers in Uganda who planted trees for Max Burgers carbon credits are now cutting down the trees and making them into charcoal. The farmers faced starvation, because the trees were planted on their farmland" 📢