The 10 dirtiest countries in the world

[malaise]

[gab13by13]

1. I watched the video in sadness.

I had a friend at work from India and he told me you just relieve yourself in the street.

He was lucky, he was from Kerala. We made good money, when he retired he went to a poor country with a religious group.

[malaise]

9. Ditto

They prey on the victims

[ancianita]

2. So, imo, the pollution rank sounds like the corruption rank.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_mining

Illegal mining impoverishes humans and ruins ecosystems there, where inhabitants have no say in their government or economy, either, and struggle to survive. Bitcoin economies will not solve these problems.

Rio Tinto in SA and other mining companies should be named.

Tui mine in New Zealand
Stockton mine in New Zealand
Northland Pyrite Mine in Temagami, Ontario, Canada
Sherman Mine in Temagami, Ontario, Canada
Ok Tedi Mine in Western Province, Papua New Guinea
The Berkeley Pit
Wheal Jane Mines

Measuring corruption isn't enough. There's no international law enforcement on world polluters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

[malaise]

8. Agree

I think they should separate mining pollution from nastiness associated with water and sanitation problems. Many countries are victims of Western exploitation.

[ancianita]

13. ...

And who would "they" be. International Law applies, but it doesn't seem to enforce against polluters of either East or West. Pollution doesn't land as the sole responsibility of the West. Don't forget, China is at the top of world pollution. Much of the Pacific garbage patch comes from illegal Chinese fishing and land waste.

[malaise]

14. West and East

They also control international law - it is mostly farce

[ancianita]

15. I'm not sure what you mean. Are you referring to the U.N.? Hague?

In actions and outcomes, they do seem close to farce, we can't overlook the facts of The Hague having enforced some international law over time.

Since the COP28 in Dubai looks to be a bust, I have to believe, given the scarcity of pollution enforcement, that our only hope is in the the only true international regulation done by our Navy over all the oceans.
It's a fact that the U.S. military was the first to declare climate change its top national security priority.

The US military first officially recognized climate change as a security threat in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, where the Obama administration identified it as a serious factor to consider in future national security planning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrennial_Defense_Review




When Joe Biden goes, climate mitigation will go from good willed insufficiency to total deviltry by nameable hoarding and hiding global extractors.

[EX500rider]

16. From what I've seen of Bangladesh mining may not be the biggest problem

Garbage everywhere seems pretty big issue

[ancianita]

18. Seriously? That's an attempt at precision that ignores the overall accuracy of this global criminal problem.

Maybe around DU it seems big. But DU isn't representative of America or the globe.

Find recent polls that show garbage everywhere actually is a pretty big issue. Otherwise I'm not buying it.

[EX500rider]

19. I've watched several Global Travelers videos on Bangladesh

And the garbage is almost knee deep in some places every canal and river is full of it

[Martin68]

3. Summarizing any country this way is a travesty, and introducing the video with the photo of

4 semi-naked women is exploitative.

[gab13by13]

4. Did you watch the video?

[Martin68]

22. No, I didn't watch the video because of the disgusting title and the exploitative photo.

Did you read my comment?

[Polybius]

20. So how would you rank dirty countries?

What would you call it instead? Top 10 countries with too much garbage? I also disagree about your comment on the women. Nudity (or semi-nudity) doesn't have to be sexual. There is nothing in that picture that shows that it is.

[Martin68]

23. The idea that categorizing countries by the insulting and stupid term dirtiness is appropriate is beyond disgusting.

If the topic is countries where garbage is accumulated is the topic, why does it start with a photo of 4 semi-nude women of color (obviously photoshopped to cover one woman's nipples) squatting in mud? There's no garbage there, unless the person who created the video considers these women to be garbage.

[oasis]

5. Very sad situation. I fear there is little that can

be done to correct this.

[canetoad]

6. A start could be made

By those of us in reasonably affluent countries taking the time to educate themselves and carefully examine their own use of products made from the natural resources at issue.

Of course, little can be done to correct the problem of people not caring.

[malaise]

10. Add to that

World powers could stop dumping their waste in oceans, seas and and rivers near and in poor countries.

[Polybius]

21. Over-population in Bangladesh is hurting

173 million is a huge amount for a country this size.

[LudwigPastorius]

7. "ARA Globe"?

Exploitive thumbnails, robotic AI narration, and this disclaimer on their YouTube channel:

Disclaimer:
The content presented in our videos is intended solely for entertainment purposes. While we may draw upon facts, rumors, and fiction, viewers should not interpret any part of the content as factual or definitive information.

If I were you, I wouldn't give these YouTube posts any further exposure.

[malaise]

12. Valid point giving them coverage but

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Facts are facts

[CoopersDad]

28. Correct. We're seeing more and more AI generated content.

And this provider is among them, but that doesn't mean what is presented isn't true.

Sad, what is happening worldwide, there and here, too.

[LAS14]

30. Thanks for finding the disclaimer. But can you tell us...

... how you know it's AI generated? This is a serious question, as we're all going to be faced more and more with trying to sort this out.

[Emile]

11. Sad

[LexVegas]

17. AI generated clickbait. nt

[Martin68]

24. I am disappointed anyone in DU would watch or comment on the video.

[Mosby]

25. I looked at their youtube page

They use the same pic on a video called Bangladesh Uncensored. Seems like all their videos feature undressed women:

https://www.youtube.com/@AraGlobe

[LAS14]

27. How can you tell that it's AI generated? Serious question. We all need to learn how. nt

[CoopersDad]

29. For me, the narration is the first tell.

Their videos use text-to-speech software that sounds a bit like automated phone messages.

They haven't quite cracked the code for authentic sounding narration.

[LAS14]

26. Oh dear... nt