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Are natural resources really a blessing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by madeindex@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46788659

Looking at how much conflict natural resource-rich countries (oil, gold, diamonds..) seem to attract, I wonder whether such wealth is more a curse than a blessing.

Many regions with scarce natural resources, adapted & perform very well. Some of the richest are examples (Switzerland, Luxembourg, Singapore..)

Looks to me like the greed for them attracts conflicts: civil wars, invasions etc. Cultural, ethnic, religious reasons often just seem to be used to cover it.

Plus all the environmental destruction / pollution that come with the extraction & processing.

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[–] madeindex@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Haven't read it, would you recommend it? :) Otherwise spoiler away XD

[–] MyceliumNetwork@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I enjoyed the series! It starts out like a fantasy because dragons. But then it turns out to be sci fi because the planet is populated by colonist humans who got there on a ship generations ago. It was picked because there weren't enough resources that capitaliam was interested, so an intentional community settled in to get away from all that. But it went off the rails.

[–] madeindex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pern

It's this one right? Looking good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonriders_of_Pern

[–] MyceliumNetwork@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes! It was the first series I read after grad school and I went on a bender. Didn't hurt we had nearly the whole series on ebook through my dad's torrent shenanigans 25 years ago

[–] madeindex@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

dad

torrent been good to us my friend ;)