> Less rain means less food exports which means less dollars getting into Brazil

Why not industrialize instead of exporting soy and meat until the end of time?

nextaccountic 16 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I'm all for industrializing Brazil, I'm not defending the current economic model. I'm just describing the Brazilian economy the way it is.

Also, it's not really possible to industrialize the country by destroying the Amazon. There is no button that turns the forest into a top tier semiconductor industry or anything like that, that's pure fantasy. And the people destroying the forest now is doing this to raise cattle to export meat, exactly the thing you are criticizing.

The only thing that destroying the forest will accomplish is to make Brazil inhospitable, desertified, unable to support its huge population. That's not climate nonsense like you say in another comment.

	▲	matheusmoreira 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Also, it's not really possible to industrialize the country by destroying the Amazon. Flávio Bolsonaro proposed the creation of railways in the Brazilian north and northeast. These efforts are always paralyzed by leftist environmental NGOs, and leftist parties like PSOL have taken these environmental battles all the way up to the supreme court. So, do you support Bolsonaro's proposal? Are you prepared to sacrifice the climate for national development? This is what this comes down to.

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californical an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Why not both?

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matheusmoreira an hour ago | parent [-]

Sure. Industrialization comes first though. We can care about jungles if we ever reach superpower status.

This climate nonsense is a tax on developing nations. We're sacrificing for the planet, meanwhile the US puts a couple centuries of distance between us.

	▲	piva00 a few seconds ago \| parent [-]
		Brazil's poor industrialisation isn't an issue caused by caring about the climate though. Destroying the Amazon to continue the same bullshit of exporting unprocessed minerals won't improve Brazilian society. Why exactly is Brazil disadvantaged about climate policies to industrialise given it has enormous potential in renewables (hydro, solar, wind)? Could even have more nuclear power. Industrialisation accelerates with cheap energy which Brazil has plenty of. Have you thought that maybe the nonsense is coming from inside your skull?