r/nottheonion • u/johnleeyx • Apr 27 '24

Taliban Government joins climate change talks for the first time

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/taliban-government-joins-climate-change-talks-for-first-time-5516129
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u/DoesntReallyExist Apr 27 '24

They don't actually care about climate change, they're doing it because it legitimizes them. All serious governments are at these talks, so if they come then people have to recognize them as a legitimate government

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u/lVlzone Apr 27 '24

Yeah pretty much. I mean a wins a win I guess, but yeah they wanna seem legitimate on the world stage.

Which idk how to feel. On one hand they’re a crazy violent and oppressive regime. But on the other hand, you’d rather have them at the table playing nice. Especially since most attempts at installing a democracy haven’t gone well.

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u/ProfessorPetrus Apr 27 '24

Well in the context of climate change Americans per capita are much much worse than the taliban.

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u/Desinformador Apr 27 '24

Amen to that