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Published on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 by Democracy Now!
Countries Least Responsible for Climate Change Are the Ones Most Threatened by It
Island States Urge Binding Emissions Cuts at U.N. Climate Summit
Inside the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Cancún, one of the most moving speeches on Tuesday was by Marcus Stephen. He is president of Nauru, the world's smallest island nation, covering just eight square miles in the South Pacific. Stephen is the leader of the Pacific Small Island Developing States at the climate change talks. Johnson Toribiong, president of the island state of Palau, also spoke.
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And people least responsible for the economic crisis are the ones most threatened by it. Am I spotting a trend here?
The concept of maximizing profits while limiting liability is at the heart of the "Corporation".
They were formed so as to ensure the investors could not be sued as individuals for actions committed by the Corporation which they owned.
The Countries most responsible for Climate Change in essence adopt the credo of "The Corporation".
The corporate model is unethical and directly contradicts the theory of "The Free market". I find it so very odd that "Free market" enthusiasts preach the concept of individual responsibilty when it comes to the poor and disenfranchised while at the very heart of Capitalism IS an entity that by law is made irresponsible.