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I'm Indian, been living in Europe and Switzerland for almost the past decade. I've spent a considerable time of my upbringing in South east Asia and the Middle East. I currently reside in Switzerland, specifically Zurich, with occasional stints to the US for business. I used to live in Germany prior to that. There used to be a time I dreamt of Western citizenship, but not anymore. Hope that answers your "question", although I'm certain you'd be loathe to reciprocate the same favor to me and reveal your origin.

As for the climate hypocrisy argument, sorry to hurt your preconceived notions, but it's already proven that most of the waste that ends up dumped in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-environment-plas...

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Environment/Philippines-sl....

https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-imports-recycli...

But go on, vacillate and down vote in your self righteousness.

I applaud you for answering the question. I'm from Texas, United States.

Your argument comparing climate protestors and governments who ship garbage to developing countries is bunk, though. Ever thought about who those protestors are angry with?

An intelligent conversation can be had about failing democratic institutions in the west, the need to disincentive wasteful consumption, and (as happens already) what levels of support developed countries owe to developing countries to dissuade the latter from ramping up fossil fuels consumption.

But your finger wagging still doesn't make sense in the context of thinking India or the developing world is any better.

> But your finger wagging still doesn't make sense in the context of thinking India or the developing world is any better.

I never implied that India or China are doing any better (although India has taken massive strides which is usually ignored by the West). My gripe is with Western countries criticizing the global south for environmental neglect, when they don't do anything about it and simply ship away their problems.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/climate/oil-kenya-africa-...

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