Look, plastic in the oceans is a bit of a peripheral issue.
The US takes the blame for a huge chunk of emissions historically. Passing the buck to other countries is the small-minded, easy thing to do. It's just as easy for someone in India or China to point the finger at the US or the west, or argue that their own contributions are insignificant.
If you have such a high opinion of the west, perhaps you should make sure the US is taking the moral high ground and leading by example. (It's not.)
Man, you have called me "small minded" and "dishonest" now. What have I called you? Nothing
The west IS collapsing because of leftism, bringing communism to democracies. I just latch on to the west because it is available. One day in the near future you will not be able to
Sorry. I know the distinction is a little fine between honest opinions on points of view, and disrespecting people.
I do think just blaming other countries is a simple-minded thing to do. I suggest you go and do that in an Indian/Chinese subreddit to give them a chance to present their own counterarguments. My 'dishonest' statement had an 'if' associated with it, which doesn't necessarily mean it applies to you. If what I was calling dishonest does apply to you, I really hope you give it some more thought, or ask me to clarify sometime.
I personally think the extreme left and the extreme right are almost equally retarded, and dividing the world up on those terms just plays into the hands of those in power.
I appreciate being able to speak plainly - if you wish to tell me exactly what you think of me or my opinions in blunt terms you're welcome to. Again, among the various online people that I've never actually met, you seem like a decent person.
I'm sorry, it's just the entire "plastic in the ocean" is their doing. 90% or more of all plastic in the ocean comes from Asian and African rivers. We can't have straws here in california, but we barely rank in the actual pollution by pound in the ocean. I'm all for more biodegradable plastics to be used in single use items, but just the US, or the entire west, is not in any means the major culprit here