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

submitted 1 day 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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[–] MyceliumNetwork@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This reminds me of the old book series Pern. But I don't know if I should spoiler a 50 year old series.

[–] madeindex@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] MyceliumNetwork@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

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.

[–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] madeindex@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Thanks, it's such an interesting read :))

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

100% they are. I would rather have them than not. Europe has em and so does the us and canada and australia. I think the resources bring conflict is circumstance as every place has them if they are of any significant size. It could be being small land wise or population wise with lots of easy to get resources might tend to lead to that. Places like cuba don't have it easier for lack of resources nor japan despite its success.