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Poor management, corruption and a careless society amplify disasters times over. I am sorry for the people of pakistan, but this will happen again, and again. With climate change it will get even worse.

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It's important to specify where that blame of corruption and a careless society are placed - if Pakistan lived in a vacuum this flood wouldn't have been nearly as devastating. Countries that produced outsized amounts of pollution, deny climate change and refuse to act to address it deserve to be in the spotlight as well. China still has their head buried in the sand on this issue and the US is politically divided and all of the actions that have been taken have happened despite strong resistance from half of the political institution.

The US has always done dumb shit but it has two things all other countries lack. Introspection and the capacity to adapt. China is irrelevant in all this. It's a nuisance, not much else. It will do as told.

I don’t disagree with the analysis but the thought that crossed my mind reading it is that the developed world is trending towards the Pakistans of the world, not away.

Every year kleptocracy and corruption become more normalized and the “me-first” popular movements that have arisen as a response to elite corruption are wholly unequipped to correct course. I am not optimistic my country will properly account for the long effects of climate change on human well-being.

> the developed world is trending towards the Pakistans of the world, not away

Think again.

> I am not optimistic my country

You should be tho. Things change and they sure will for pakistan. At least based on the mindset of the people i met from the country i am pretty darn optimistic they will, but they / you need to gain control.

> elite corruption are wholly unequipped to correct course

Sack them.

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