tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post8129683999334719846..comments2023-02-28T12:46:20.040+01:00Comments on Ecowar: "Rebel access to [natural] resources crucially shapes armed civil conflict"Bennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post-39462197106963638012010-11-01T00:01:06.708+01:002010-11-01T00:01:06.708+01:00Thank you for the comment. I am sorry if the summa...Thank you for the comment. I am sorry if the summary above gave you this impression! The original article is very neutrally worded. Actually, I'll rip off another quote for you:<br /><br /><em>"Unequal distribution of natural resource rents may create severe grievances, especially if a region with abundant natural resources is deprived of revenue flows but must bear extraction costs such as pollution and degradation of land."</em><br /><br />Examples to the above shouldn't be too hard to come up with!<br /><br />Btw.. this study is first of all a statistic over a couple of hundred conflicts from the past half century.Bennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post-19086361498141349382010-10-31T23:06:52.022+01:002010-10-31T23:06:52.022+01:00So the "rebels" are the bad guys, who &q...So the "rebels" are the bad guys, who "loot" and "extort" the multinational corporate resource exploiters abetted by whatever local gangsters comprise the "legitimate" government, huh? No consideration of the possibility that the rebels may represent the interests of people displaced, toxified or labor exploited by said multinationals and their gangster accomplices. Figures.darwinsdognoreply@blogger.com