Kabul, a city of over six million people, could become the first modern city to run out of water in the next five years, a new report has warned.
Groundwater levels in the Afghan capital have dropped drastically due to over-extraction and the effects of climate change, according to a report published by nonprofit Mercy Corps.
OK, then why is the first reflex to suggest that the west “step up”? Is this Schroedinger’s intervention, both desirable and not?
Its crazy to want this world where we all help each other right? Its dumbfuckery that we imagine its better to help people than to let them suffer, huh?
Can you expand on why they are suffering? What led to this current situation?
Climate change?
I’d suggest reading the article. Climate change certainly plays a part, but overextraction (in particular by their homegrown Nestlé equivalent) is a major driver of this. I fail to see how that is the west’s fault.
You act like the common civilians have much of a choice in all of this matter. Shit like this happens because power and wealth are leveraged to create outcomes that are better for specific individuals rather than groups on a whole. Someome with power made the decision to over extract. And even if they votes for it. Should we let people die because of this because it was there choice? Or should we help them because we can and that can be our choice?
Oh, you feel the white man’s burden because the brown people are too simple to govern themselves? They need your guiding hand to help them along the road to civilisation?