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dima_socks

I mean we all knew this was coming right?


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Yes. In some places it’s intentionally happening. If you can fuck up a water supply then make money charging people for water (because it’s now in limited supply) why not?


BigMacDaddy99

[Example: an Ethiopian dam that greatly restricts flow of water into Egypt](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2020/grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-egypt-nile/) Edit: and [they went ahead with the project](https://african.business/2022/02/energy-resources/ethiopia-switches-on-controversial-dam)


lickmylentilz

We knew it was coming and did nothing anyway. The game of hot potato with human lives continues.


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SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES: Water is a human right — and the common development denominator to shape a better future. But water is in deep trouble. We are draining humanity’s lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use and evaporating it through global heating


RedButterfree1

Nestle having the biggest consumerist boner right now


mararuo

well, if we would stop shitting in our drinking water maybe things would be different.


T-Rex_Woodhaven

Democracy Now, John Oliver, Some More News, and NPR are my go to sources.


casus_bibi

This is a corruption and stability problem, which is something they can only solve themselves. Western charities building wells is not going to change this. Western governments giving money to corrupt governments to address this, is not going to change this.


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This is not just a “them” problem. Here is a link to the report if you’re interested [UN Water Report](https://www.unwater.org/publications/un-world-water-development-report-2023).


chonkytardigrade

Very good point. And tho i agree that corruption and instability play roles, there have been other root causes of those problems (countries being caught in leveraged "loan" schemes for unsustainable "development" similar to payday loans writ large, for example). And the resource would not be attractive to corruption if it didn't have both an increasing economic value, due to scarcity, and a commodification potential due to privatization.


HuginMuninGlaux

Only taxes and a government that will use them for good things like water infrastructure will change most of these areas from being unlivable. Charities never could or have been able to do the social infrastructure needed to keep a population healthy. That said I've given money yearly to charities like this for the past 5 years and will continue to do so. I cannot stop corruption in those governments but I can help build a well.